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{{Quote|"Do you really expect the mother to teach her daughter honest ways—ways different from her own? Nay, the vile old woman finds a profit in bringing up her daughter to be vile."|''Ibid''}} | {{Quote|"Do you really expect the mother to teach her daughter honest ways—ways different from her own? Nay, the vile old woman finds a profit in bringing up her daughter to be vile."|''Ibid''}} | ||
{{Quote|"I hear all this time the advice of my old friends—keep your women at home, and put them under lock and key. Yes, but who will watch the warders? Wives are crafty and will begin with them. High or low their passions are all the same."|''Ibid''}} | {{Quote|"I hear all this time the advice of my old friends—keep your women at home, and put them under lock and key. Yes, but who will watch the warders? Wives are crafty and will begin with them. High or low their passions are all the same."|''Ibid''}} | ||
==155–240: Tertullian== | ==155–240: [[Tertullian]]== | ||
{{Quote|"Woman is a temple built upon a sewer."|De cultu feminarum (The Ornaments of Women)}} | {{Quote|"Woman is a temple built upon a sewer."|De cultu feminarum (The Ornaments of Women)}} | ||
{{Quote|"You are the devil’s gateway; you are she who first violated the forbidden tree and broke the law of God. It was you who coaxed your way around him whom the devil had not the force to attack. With what ease you shattered that image of God: Man! Because of the death you merited, even the Son of God had to die ... Woman, you are the gateway to hell."|De cultu feminarum (The Ornaments of Women)}} | {{Quote|"You are the devil’s gateway; you are she who first violated the forbidden tree and broke the law of God. It was you who coaxed your way around him whom the devil had not the force to attack. With what ease you shattered that image of God: Man! Because of the death you merited, even the Son of God had to die ... Woman, you are the gateway to hell."|De cultu feminarum (The Ornaments of Women)}} | ||
==349–407: St John Chrysostom== | ==349–407: St John Chrysostom== | ||
{{Quote|"Amongst all the savage beasts none is found so harmful as woman."}} | {{Quote|"Amongst all the savage beasts none is found so harmful as woman."}} | ||