Historically, Cunts Have Been Men's Property

A History of Women's Bodies
By Rose Weitz, Dec. 2000

Circa 1800 B.C. The Code of Hammurabi-the earliest recorded legal system in the western world-defines women's bodies as men's property and defines **** as a property crime. Under this Code, convicted r****ts must pay fines for "damaged goods" to the ****d woman's husband or father (if she is unmarried).


17th century Slavery takes root in colonial North America. Both the law and scientists regard African-American women as less-than-human property. As a result, the **** of African-American women slaves by their white masters becomes an accepted practice.

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1769 English legal theorist, Sir William Blackstone says husbands gain total rights and responsibilities over their wives' bodies and lives. Consequently, husbands have the legal right to beat or **** their wives.


1776 The new United States of America adopts Blackstone's principles as the basis of its legal code. White women and free African-American continue to be treated under the law as if they are property, while African-American slave women are property.

1920s-1930s As growing numbers of women receive higher educations and obtain jobs that allow them to survive economically without marrying, those who remain single and continue in "romantic friendships" become stigmatized as lesbians.

1960s to 1970s Feminists argue that women and men are morally, physically, and intellectually equal.

1962 In Self v. Self, a U.S. court for the first time rules that men do not have a right to beat their wives.

1973 A coalition of feminists, lawyers, and doctors succeed, in Roe v. Wade, in winning the right to abortion for American women and giving women the right to control their own bodies.

1970s to present In response to women's new rights, a backlash emerges: Women are now expected to be not only painfully thin, but muscular and buxom--qualities that only can occur together if women spend time, money, and emotional energy on cosmetic surgery, exercise, and diet.

1980s U.S. courts begin ruling that men do not have a right to **** their wives. However, between 10 and 14% of women continue to experience marital ****, which is rarely prosecuted.

Today Feminists continue to fight against the idea that women's minds and bodies are inferior to men's and for the right of women to control their own bodies.