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human beings—Full development under Men's domination impossible—Sentimentalists and Brutalitarians—Subjection degrading—Are women mentally inferior to men?—An irrelevant question—Opportunity for development | 20 |
CHAPTER IV Physical Force | |
Man's undoubted superiority—The handicap of motherhood—Woman's battle a spiritual one—Domination by force is bad business—Foreign policy and war—Equality of service and equality of sacrifice—War not the only business | 31 |
CHAPTER V Democracy and Representative Government}} | |
Mr. Frederic Harrison and Prof. Dicey—Difficulties of governing others—Civil rights depend upon political rights—Illiberal arguments against women's suffrage—Safety a delusion—Progress due to control of physical force by mind—Law of diminishing returns on compulsion—Opinions and interests of voter | 42 |
CHAPTER VI Votes | |
Effects of the denial of the vote—Legislation, administration, taxation—Status—The intoler- |