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{{cquote|It has often been remarked that in Europe a certain degree of contempt lurks even in the flattery which men lavish upon women: although a European frequently affects to be the slave of woman, it may be seen that he never sincerely thinks her his equal.  In the United States men seldom compliment women, but they daily show how much they esteem them.  They constantly display an entire confidence in the understanding of a wife, and a profound respect for her freedom; they have decided that her mind is just as fitted as that of a man to discover the plain truth, and her heart as firm to embrace it ... <ref>http://lamar.colostate.edu/~grjan/sexequality.html</ref>

{{cquote|It has often been remarked that in Europe a certain degree of contempt lurks even in the flattery which men lavish upon women: although a European frequently affects to be the slave of woman, it may be seen that he never sincerely thinks her his equal.  In the United States men seldom compliment women, but they daily show how much they esteem them.  They constantly display an entire confidence in the understanding of a wife, and a profound respect for her freedom; they have decided that her mind is just as fitted as that of a man to discover the plain truth, and her heart as firm to embrace it ...<ref>http://lamar.colostate.edu/~grjan/sexequality.html</ref>

Americans do not think that man and woman have either the duty or the right to perform the same offices, but they show an equal regard for both their respective parts; and though their lot is different, they consider both of them as beings of equal value.

Americans do not think that man and woman have either the duty or the right to perform the same offices, but they show an equal regard for both their respective parts; and though their lot is different, they consider both of them as beings of equal value.

* [https://librivox.org/author/4312 Works by Alexis de Tocqueville - text and free audio] - [[LibriVox]]

* [https://librivox.org/author/4312 Works by Alexis de Tocqueville - text and free audio] - [[LibriVox]]

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