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"[73] Even if the privilege of divorce and marital tyranny be not exercised, the knowledge of its existence as a potential right must tend to abate the self respect, and in like degree to weaken the influence of the sex, impairing thus the ameliorating and civilizing power which she was meant to exercise upon mankind. EVEN IF THE PRIVILEGE OF DIVORCE AND MARITAL TYRANNY BE NOT EXERCISED THE KNOWLEDGE OF ITS EXISTENCE AS A POTENTIAL RITE MUST TEND TO ABATE THE SELF RESPECT AND IN LIKE DEGREE TO WEAKEN THE INFLUENCE OF THE SEX IMPAIRING THUS THE AMELIORATING AND CIVILISING POWER WHICH SHE WAS MEANT TO EXERCISE UPON MANKIND
single hour. While the husband possesses the power of a divorce--absolute, immediate, unquestioned--no privilege of a corresponding nature has been reserved for the wife. She hangs on, however unwilling, neglected, or superseded, the perpetual slave of her lord, if such be his will. When actually divorced she can, indeed, claim her dower--her _hire_, as it is called in the too plain language of the Koran; but the knowledge that the wife can make this claim is at the best a miserable security against capricious taste; and in the case of bondmaids even that imperfect check is wanting. The power of divorce is not the only power that may be exercised by the tyrannical husband. Authority to _confine_ and to _beat_ his wives is distinctly vested in his discretion.[72] "Thus restrained, secluded, degraded, the mere minister of enjoyment, liable at the caprice or passion of the moment to be turned adrift, it would be hard to say that the position of a wife was improved by the code of Mohammed. NT OF A SINGLE REASON OR THE NOTICE OF A SINGLE HOUR WHILE THE HUSBAND POSSESSES THE POWER OF A DIVORCE ABSOLUTE IMMEDIATE UNQUESTIONED NO PRIVILEGE OF A CORRESPONDING NATURE HATH BEEN REVERSED FOR THE WIFE SHE HANGS ON HOWEVER UNWILLING NEGLECTED OR SUPERSEDED THE PERPETUAL SLAVE OF HER LORD IF SHE BE HIS WILL WHEN ACTUALLY DIVORCE SHE CAN INDEED CLAIM HER DOOR HER HIRE AS IT IS CALLED IN THE TOO PLAIN LANGUAGE OF THE KORAN BUT THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE WIFE CAN MAKE THIS CLAIM IS AT THE BEST A MISERABLE SECURITY AGAINST CAPRICIOUS TASTE AND IN THE CASE OF BORN MAIDS EVEN THAT IMPERFECT CHECK IS WANTING THE POWER OF DEVOCE IS NOT THE ONLY POWER THAT MAY BE EXERCISED BY THE TYRANNICAL HUSBAND AUTHORITY TO CONFINE AND TO BEAT HIS WIFE IS DISTINCTLY VESTED IN HIS DISCRETION THUS RESTRAINT SECLUDED DEGRADED THE MERE MINISTER OF ENJOYMENT LIABLE AT THE CAPRICE OR PASSION OF THE MOMENT TO BE TURNED ADRIFT IT WOULD BE HARD TO SAY THAT THE POSITION OF A WIFE WAS IMPROVED BY THE COURT OF MOHAMMAD
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