I fear many working men will tell Mrs. Besant that the greatest hindrance to their political and social activity is the apathy of their wives. - Ernest Belfort Bax

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I fear many working men will tell Mrs. Besant that the greatest hindrance to their political and social activity is the apathy of their wives.

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About Ernest Belfort Bax

Ernest Belfort Bax (23 July 1854 – 26 November 1926) was a noted English barrister, journalist, philosopher, men's rights advocate, socialist, and historian, associated with the Social Democratic Federation.

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Alternative Names: E. Belfort Bax
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From all we have said, it will now be evident, one would think, to the most prejudiced reader that modern English Law, following obsequiously a deluded or apathetic stage of public opinion, has solved the problem of the division of rights and duties between the sexes, by conceding to woman all rights, and imposing on man all duties.

Modern Feminism has two distinct sides to it: (1) an articulate political and economic side embracing demands for so-called rights; and (2) a sentimental side which insists in an accentuation of the privileges and immunities which have grown up, not articulately or as the result of definite demands, but as the consequence of sentimental pleading in particular cases. In this way, however, a public opinion became established, finding expression in a sex favouritism in the law and even still more in its administration, in favour of women as against men.

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There is a trick with which votaries of Feminism seek to prejudice the public mind against its critics, and that is the “fake” that any man who ventures to criticise the pretensions of Feminism, is actuated by motives of personal rancour against the female sex.

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