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What does it mean?
A woman tried by men has less cause for complaint than a commoner tried by lords, highlighting gender bias in the legal system.
In plain terms
Being judged by men is worse for a woman than a commoner judged by lords.
What can you take from it?
Gender bias undermines fair trials.

Where it applies

  • courtroom debates
  • legal reform
  • gender studies

Putting it to work

  • advocate for diverse juries
  • study legal bias
  • challenge verdicts

Questions to consider

  • Who should judge us?
  • Is your jury fair?

Another view

Other biases also affect court outcomes.

More from Susan B. Anthony

  1. I do not ask the clemency of the court. I came into it to get justice, having failed in this, I demand the full rigors of the law.

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  2. But, yesterday, the same man-made forms of law, declared it a crime punishable with $1,000 fine and six months' imprisonment, for you, or me, or any of us, to …

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  3. The only chance women have for justice in this country is to violate the law, as I have done, and as I shall continue to do.

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