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Authority to _confine_ and to _beat_ his wives is distinctly vested in his discretion. AUTHORITY TO CONFINE AND TO BEAT HIS WIFE IS DISTINCTLY VESTED IN HIS DISCRETION
 of Moslem decadence. [Sidenote: Depression of the female sex. Divorce.] In respect of married life the condition allotted by the Koran to woman is that of an inferior dependent creature, destined only for the service of her master, liable to be cast adrift without the assignment 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 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 She hangs on, however unwilling, neglected, or superseded, the perpetual slave of her lord, if such be his will.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. N THE SEXES POLYGAMY DIVORCE SERVILE CAN COMBINATE AND THE VEIL ARE AT THE ROOT OF MOSLEM DECAENS IN RESPECT OF MARRIED LIFE THE CONDITION ALLOTTED BY THE KORAUN TO WOMAN IS THAT OF AN INFERIOR DEPENDENT CREATURE DESTINED ONLY FOR THE SERVICE OF HER MASTER LIABLE TO BE CAST ADRIFT WITHOUT THE ASSIGNMENT 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NO PRIVILEGE OF A CORRESPONDING NATURE HATH BEEN REVERSED FOR THE WIFE SHE HANGS ON HOWEVER UNWILLING NEGLECTED OR SUPERSEDED THE PERPETUAL SLAVE OF HER LORD IF SHE BE HIS WILL WHEN ACTUALLY DIVORCE SHE CAN INDEED CLAIM HER DOOR HER HIRE AS IT IS CALLED IN THE TOO PLAIN LANGUAGE OF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
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