Women want total freedom or rather – to call things by their names – total licence. If you allow them to achieve complete equality with men, do you think they will be easier to live with?
CATO THE ELDERCessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses
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Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .
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