# The Unexpurgated Case Against Woman Suffrage

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THE
UNEXPURGATED CASE
AGAINST
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
BY SIR ALMROTH E. WRIGHT M.D„ F.R.S.
NEW YORK PAUL B. HOEBER 69 East 59th Street
Copyright, 1913 By PAUL B. HOEBER
CONTENTS :
| | page |
| Preface | 11 |
| Introduction | 21 |
| Programme of This Treatise—Motives from which Women Claim the Suffrage—Types of Men who Support the Suffrage—John Stuart Mill. |
| PART I Arguments Which Are Adduced in Support of Woman's Suffrage ||
| I ||
| Arguments from Elementary Natural Rights | 33 |
| Signification of the Term "Woman's Rights"—Argument from "Justice"—Juridical Justice—"Egalitarian Equity"—Argument from Justice Applied to Taxation—Argument from Liberty—Summary of Arguments from Elementary Natural Rights. |
| II ||
| Arguments from Intellectual Grievances of Woman | 54 |
| Complaint of Want of Chivalry—Complaint of "Insults"—Complaint of "Illogicalities"—Complaint of "Prejudices"—The Familiar Suffragist Grievance of the Drunkard Voter and the Woman of Property Who is a Non-Voter—The Grievance of Woman being Required to Obey Man-Made Laws. ​ |
| III ||
| Arguments which take the Form of "Counsels of Perfection" Addressed to Man | 72 |
| Argument that Woman Requires a Vote for her Protection—Argument that Woman ought to be Invested with the Responsibilities of Voting in Order that She May Attain Her Full Intellectual Stature. |
| PART II Arguments against the Concession of the Parliamentary Suffrage to Woman ||
| I ||
| Woman's Disability in the Matter of Physical Force | 79 |
| International Position of State would be Imperilled by Woman's Suffrage—Internal Equilibrium of State would be Imperilled. |
| II ||
| Woman's Disability in the Matter of Intellect | 88 |
| Characteristics of the Feminine Mind—Suffragist Illusions with Regard to the Equality of Man and Woman as Workers—Prospect for the Intellectual Future of Woman—Has Woman Advanced? |
| III ||
| Woman's Disability in the Matter of Public Morality | 98 |
| Standards by which Morality can be Appraised—Conflict between Different Moralities—The Correct Standard of Morality—Moral Psychology of Man and Woman—Difference between Man and Woman in Matters of Public Morality. ​ |
| IV ||
| Mental Outlook and Programme of the Female Legislative Reformer | 114 |
| V ||
| Ulterior Ends which the Woman's Suffrage Movement has in View | 136 |
| PART III Is There, if the Suffrage Is Barred, Any Palliative or Corrective for the Discontents of Woman? ||
| I ||
| Palliatives or Correctives for the Discontent of Woman | 155 |
| What are the Suffragist's Grievances?—Economic and Physiological Difficulties of Woman—Intellectual Grievances of Suffragist and Corrective. |
| Appendix ||
| Letter on Militant Hysteria | 167 |
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