Christine De PizanHow 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?
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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?" It is natural for men to be harsh with their wives, but it can be said that when you are in a situation where you are being beaten up by your husband every day, when your children are suffering from starvation, when your home is being destroyed, when your family is being torn apart by the war, when you have no freedom in your mind or in your body, then it is possible for you to become more miserable in the bond of marriage than no matter what situation you are in.
Source: The Book Of The City Of Ladies
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