“First, because they don’t respect each other; second, because they have no fear of consequences.”
“Consequences!” I exclaimed.
“Yes. They cannot knock each other down, and it is not ladylike to call names.”
“Well then, if a woman is insulted by a woman, what can she do?”
“Repay in kind, and to give women justice, they generally do so.”
“How?”
“A stare, a shrug, a toss of the head, conveys their infinite disdain; and answers the end perfectly.”
Conversation then drifted to Susan B. Anthony, and Mr. Cochran said, “I respect her, but she will not succeed.”
“Why not?” asked Albert Webster.
“Because, though women are gregarious in fashions and follies, they cannot combine. They will not support their weak sisters, and they shrink from their strong ones. Generally speaking, they have a radical contempt for each other’s intellects, and have no class solidarity. Because of the latter want, men have always had the upper hand, and will always keep it.”[7]