Property and Precedent - Historical Origins of Women as Chattel
Part 2 — A Rose By Any Other Name, Ceases to Exist
“She is my goods, my chattels, she is my house, my household stuff, my field, my bard, my horse, my ox, my ass, my anything.”
- William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew (Act II, Scene 2)
Legal Fiction and Modern Misunderstanding
The legal fiction that women are possessions or objects for men to dominate and lay claims of ownership has been a general …
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