"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."
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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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