Kant:
Woman has a high destiny only when she is called the companion of man, but when she descends into the market place, however, that is the most contemptible womanly role.
Hegel:
Women are without executive capacity and are for the most part incapable of scientific and philosophic work
Rousseau:
Women are meant for domestic work and should not meddle in public affairs
Augustine:
Woman was made for man's sake
John Calvin:
The womanโs place is in the home, and it is not fitting that she should rule over men
Hindu Manusmriti
"A wife should never be independent."
Mishnah, Eduyot 1:13
โThe voice of a woman is nakedness; a man who hears it should recite a blessing for having heard a pleasant sound.โ
Chinese proverb:
โWomen without talent are virtuous.โ
Confucius:
"A woman's words are not worth taking into account."
Confucius:
Women and small people are hard to deal with. If you get familiar, they become contemptuous; if you keep a distance, they resent it.