Question

What arguments do you think people might have made against the Seneca Falls Declaration at the time it was published? Write at least one paragraph in your response.

Answer 1

Some of the arguments people might have made against the declaration:

"The Seneca Falls Declaration is the most mistaken, shocking and unnatural event ever made in U.S. history, by women. Women belong to their homes, where they can take care of the offspring, her family and her husband. They aren't qualified to vote, nor legislate and don't need to do so since men in their lives already represent their political will, therefore their duty is only to enhance the social status of her husband or men in the family, according to their situation.

Without such a role in society, who, then is going to do the chores at home? Are the lords going to wash the dishes, clean, do the laundry, feed the children and all sort of chores? Such behavior is unacceptable in society and a threat to our most valued traditions, where men by nature and by God's command, are the heads of the family and not vice-versa."

Answer 2

Women are not knowledgeable or educated enough to vote. Women were unfit to participate in the male world of commerce and politics. Women were naturally less intelligent than men. A woman's duty was to raise her children and maintain a home.