Original text - Engels - It seems sad that having established ourselves so...

It seems sad that having established ourselves so cleverly as the "weaker sex", we should now be broadly on a par whit the women of primitive tribes who toil in the fields all day, walk miles to gather camel-thom for fuel, and on trek carry all the pots, pans and household equipement on their heads, whilst the gorgeous, ornamental male sweeps on ahead, unburdened save for one lethal weapon with which to defend his women.