Of “woman’s duty”; and the fetish base
E’en to this reasoned day uplifts its impious face.
XXXVI.
By cant condoned, man fashioned woman’s “sphere,”
And mapped out “natural” bounds to her career;
His sapience—should she dare any deed
In contravention of his code—decreed
On soul or body penalties condign,
In part dubbed civil law, and part divine:
Misguided man,—confused in self-deceit