Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

he has made her morally, an irresponsible being, as she can commit many crimes with impunity, provided they be done in the presence of her husband.

what can we infer from this excerpt about the legal status of women at the time?

a. women were able to get away with more than men.
b. women were considered the property of their husbands.
c. women were punished more harshly for crimes than men.
d. women were expected to break the law for their husbands.

B. Women were considered the property of their husbands.

Explanation:

The excerpt is from the Declaration of Sentiments ( 1848). This declararion activated the spread of women's rights in the U.S. Men had such a strong power over women, that they were the ones who had the right to punish them. This was all possible if they were married. The law had been thought by men and this made women deprived of any legal protection:.." He has made her morally, an irresponsible being.."  The woman could commit any crime with impunity, unless she did so in the presence of her husband. In case she did, her husband would punish her: "...many crimes with impunity, provided they be done in the presence of her husband..·

The answer is indeed B. Women were considered the property of their husbands.

Explanation:

The lines we are studying here belong to the Declaration of Sentiments, a document signed in 1848 at the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York. At the time, the document was considered shocking and even unnatural. From the particular excerpt provided in the question, we can infer that even legally speaking women were considered to be their husbands' property. The husbands were the ones who could punish them, since they were thought of as morally irresponsible. It's as if women were seen as children, who don't know any better and may do wrongs for lack of understanding, and husbands - just like parents - are responsible for educating them. In the Declaration, the following lines state husbands' are their wives' masters from the moment they are married. That is a reference to the Biblical duty of the wife to "love, honor, and obey":

In the covenant of marriage, she is compelled to promise obedience to her husband, he becoming, to all intents and purposes, her master--the law giving him power to deprive her of her liberty, and to administer chastisement.

which speech are you talking about?

after i had a fight with my girlfriend, ben advised me to apologise.

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