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@blackcat476 @dadof315 @melJsaysso @HERterus @cheomitII @Lynnia00721169 @shanoawarrior @Assayer92 @Oneiorosgrip @SpaghettiBadger @AmyNoMiddleNam3 @PickleMrs @saturdayobrien @JaneKn0wsBest @Krispi_Largo @JaePea02 @maxrenke @Kittie_Svengali @Mr5had0wX @M_DeWinter1844 @JohnathonDoeman @tabularasaTonyB @AliceTheGoon63 @ALReproRightsAd @Groucholiz @JazhuStreaming @SexDrugnRnR @FHousebunny @LustfulLiberal @nerdybirdyCH @numbersdelight @JustLaurenB @Judith_Char @threadreaderapp Not property, but perpetual children (or dependents) for which the husband was responsible.

@blackcat476 @dadof315 @melJsaysso @HERterus @cheomitII @Lynnia00721169 @shanoawarrior @Assayer92 @Oneiorosgrip @SpaghettiBadger @AmyNoMiddleNam3 @PickleMrs @saturdayobrien @JaneKn0wsBest @Krispi_Largo @JaePea02 @maxrenke @Kittie_Svengali @Mr5had0wX @M_DeWinter1844 @JohnathonDoeman @tabularasaTonyB @AliceTheGoon63 @ALReproRightsAd @Groucholiz @JazhuStreaming @SexDrugnRnR @FHousebunny @LustfulLiberal @nerdybirdyCH @numbersdelight @JustLaurenB @Judith_Char @threadreaderapp “[A] wife had no legal identity apart from her husband. She could not be sued, nor could she bring a legal suit; she could not make a contract, …own property[,] …control her own wages[,] or gain custody of her children in case of separation or divorce”(digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.…).

@blackcat476 @dadof315 @melJsaysso @HERterus @cheomitII @Lynnia00721169 @shanoawarrior @Assayer92 @Oneiorosgrip @SpaghettiBadger @AmyNoMiddleNam3 @PickleMrs @saturdayobrien @JaneKn0wsBest @Krispi_Largo @JaePea02 @maxrenke @Kittie_Svengali @Mr5had0wX @M_DeWinter1844 @JohnathonDoeman @tabularasaTonyB @AliceTheGoon63 @ALReproRightsAd @Groucholiz @JazhuStreaming @SexDrugnRnR @FHousebunny @LustfulLiberal @nerdybirdyCH @numbersdelight @JustLaurenB @Judith_Char @threadreaderapp “The husband protected his wife in exchange for total control of her assets, including her wages, property and children” (attorneys-advantage.com/Risk-Managemen…).

@blackcat476 @dadof315 @melJsaysso @HERterus @cheomitII @Lynnia00721169 @shanoawarrior @Assayer92 @Oneiorosgrip @SpaghettiBadger @AmyNoMiddleNam3 @PickleMrs @saturdayobrien @JaneKn0wsBest @Krispi_Largo @JaePea02 @maxrenke @Kittie_Svengali @Mr5had0wX @M_DeWinter1844 @JohnathonDoeman @tabularasaTonyB @AliceTheGoon63 @ALReproRightsAd @Groucholiz @JazhuStreaming @SexDrugnRnR @FHousebunny @LustfulLiberal @nerdybirdyCH @numbersdelight @JustLaurenB @Judith_Char @threadreaderapp “According to the doctrine of coverture, wives were legally ‘covered’ by their husbands. Single women and widows had more rights, but married women could not make a contract, own property, or decide how family money was spent” (staging.nyhistory.org/sites/default/…).

@blackcat476 @dadof315 @melJsaysso @HERterus @cheomitII @Lynnia00721169 @shanoawarrior @Assayer92 @Oneiorosgrip @SpaghettiBadger @AmyNoMiddleNam3 @PickleMrs @saturdayobrien @JaneKn0wsBest @Krispi_Largo @JaePea02 @maxrenke @Kittie_Svengali @Mr5had0wX @M_DeWinter1844 @JohnathonDoeman @tabularasaTonyB @AliceTheGoon63 @ALReproRightsAd @Groucholiz @JazhuStreaming @SexDrugnRnR @FHousebunny @LustfulLiberal @nerdybirdyCH @numbersdelight @JustLaurenB @Judith_Char @threadreaderapp “[T]he common law of marriage, …placed wives' property under their husbands' control and …made married women the legal wards of their spouses.” Mary B. Norton, The Constitutional Status of Women in 1787, 6 Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality 7 (1988)(scholarship.law.umn.edu/cgi/viewconten…).

@blackcat476 @dadof315 @melJsaysso @HERterus @cheomitII @Lynnia00721169 @shanoawarrior @Assayer92 @Oneiorosgrip @SpaghettiBadger @AmyNoMiddleNam3 @PickleMrs @saturdayobrien @JaneKn0wsBest @Krispi_Largo @JaePea02 @maxrenke @Kittie_Svengali @Mr5had0wX @M_DeWinter1844 @JohnathonDoeman @tabularasaTonyB @AliceTheGoon63 @ALReproRightsAd @Groucholiz @JazhuStreaming @SexDrugnRnR @FHousebunny @LustfulLiberal @nerdybirdyCH @numbersdelight @JustLaurenB @Judith_Char @threadreaderapp “In …[1787], as in preceding centuries, the basic unit of society and economy was not the individual, as it is today, but rather the household.” 6 Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality 8 (scholarship.law.umn.edu/cgi/viewconten…).

@blackcat476 @dadof315 @melJsaysso @HERterus @cheomitII @Lynnia00721169 @shanoawarrior @Assayer92 @Oneiorosgrip @SpaghettiBadger @AmyNoMiddleNam3 @PickleMrs @saturdayobrien @JaneKn0wsBest @Krispi_Largo @JaePea02 @maxrenke @Kittie_Svengali @Mr5had0wX @M_DeWinter1844 @JohnathonDoeman @tabularasaTonyB @AliceTheGoon63 @ALReproRightsAd @Groucholiz @JazhuStreaming @SexDrugnRnR @FHousebunny @LustfulLiberal @nerdybirdyCH @numbersdelight @JustLaurenB @Judith_Char @threadreaderapp “Each household had a male head, who controlled the household’s property, directed its activities, fulfilled its obligations to the community through militia service or political participation, and was regarded by the law as the ruler of his own ‘little commonwealth’” (Id. at 8).

@blackcat476 @dadof315 @melJsaysso @HERterus @cheomitII @Lynnia00721169 @shanoawarrior @Assayer92 @Oneiorosgrip @SpaghettiBadger @AmyNoMiddleNam3 @PickleMrs @saturdayobrien @JaneKn0wsBest @Krispi_Largo @JaePea02 @maxrenke @Kittie_Svengali @Mr5had0wX @M_DeWinter1844 @JohnathonDoeman @tabularasaTonyB @AliceTheGoon63 @ALReproRightsAd @Groucholiz @JazhuStreaming @SexDrugnRnR @FHousebunny @LustfulLiberal @nerdybirdyCH @numbersdelight @JustLaurenB @Judith_Char @threadreaderapp The problem of women not being held responsible and accountable by society creates many social ills. This is responsible for the selective abortion of girls in China. It’s at the heart of coverture.

If you want equality, be equal. Advocate for equal responsibilities.

@blackcat476 @dadof315 @melJsaysso @HERterus @cheomitII @Lynnia00721169 @shanoawarrior @Assayer92 @Oneiorosgrip @SpaghettiBadger @AmyNoMiddleNam3 @PickleMrs @saturdayobrien @JaneKn0wsBest @Krispi_Largo @JaePea02 @maxrenke @Kittie_Svengali @Mr5had0wX @M_DeWinter1844 @JohnathonDoeman @tabularasaTonyB @AliceTheGoon63 @ALReproRightsAd @Groucholiz @JazhuStreaming @SexDrugnRnR @FHousebunny @LustfulLiberal @nerdybirdyCH @numbersdelight @JustLaurenB @Judith_Char @threadreaderapp @threadreaderapp, unroll.