Not all men and especially the wisest share the opinion that it is bad for women to be educated. But it is very true that many foolish men have claimed this because it displeased them that women knew...

Not all men and especially the wisest share the opinion that it is bad for women to be educated. But it is very true that many foolish men have claimed this because it displeased them that women knew more than they did.
Christine De Pizan

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As for those who state that it is thanks to a woman the lady Eve that man was expelled from paradise my answer to them would be that man has gained far more through Mary than he ever lost through Eve.
- Christine De Pizan
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How many women are there ... who because of their husbands harshness spend their weary lives in the bond of marriage in greater suffering than if they were slaves among the Saracens
- Christine De Pizan

Not all men and especially the wisest share the opinion that it is bad for women to be educated. But it is very true that many foolish men have claimed this because it displeased them that women knew more than they did. Christine De Pizan

Not all men and especially the wisest share the opinion that it is bad for women to be educated. But it is very true that many foolish men have claimed this because it displeased them that women knew more than they did.
Christine De Pizan