第33章塞尼卡福尔斯感伤宣言与决议（1）
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伊丽莎白·凯蒂·斯坦顿Elizabethton
伊丽莎白·凯蒂·斯坦顿（1815—1902），美国女权运动的伟大领袖，1848年7月19日至20日，她与另外四位妇女筹划召开了一次会议，“讨论社会、公民、宗教状况和妇女的权利问题”。在斯坦顿的领导下，小组起草了一个模仿《独立宣言》的《感伤宣言》。大约100名妇女和男士聚会纽约的塞尼卡福尔斯，讨论、修改并接受了她们的《宣言》。比起普遍蔑视妇女权利，尤其是蔑视妇女投票权的舆论来，她们要进步得多。
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&hesetruthstobeself-evident：thatallmenandwomeedequal；thattheyareeheirCreatorwithalies；thatamongthesearelife，libertyaofhappitosecuretheserightsgovered，derivipowersfromthetofthegoverned。Wheneveranyfoverbeesdestructiveoftheseends，itistherightofthosewhosufferfromittorefuseallegia，andtoinsistupoionofa，layingitsfoundationonsuditspowersinsu，astothemshallseemmostlikelytoeffecttheirsafetyandhappiness。Prudendeed，willdictatethatgoversloablishedshouldnotbegedfhtadaglyallexperiehshownthatmankindaremoredisposedtosuffer，whileevilsaresufferable，thanthtthemselvesbyabolishiowhichtheyareaed。Butwhenalongtrainofabusesandusurpatiinvariablythesameobjecesadesighemuedespotism，itistheirdutytothrowoffsuent，andtoprovidenewguardsfortheirfuturesecurity。Suchhasbeesufferahewover，andsuowtheywhistraiodemaiontowhichtheyareehehistoryofmankindisahistoryofrepeatedinjuriesandusurpatioofmantowardwoman，havitheestablishmentofayrannyoverher。
Now，ihisentiredisfraofohepeopleofthistry，theirsodreligiousdegradatioheunjustlawsabovementioned，andbeehemselvesaggrieved，oppressed，andfraudulentlydeprivedoftheirmhts，weinsistthattheyhaveimmediateadmissiontoalltherightsandprivilegeswhigtothemassoftheUes。
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&hegreatpreatureiscededtobe，that“manshallpursuehisowntrueandsubstantialhappiness”，Blahisehatthislawcoevalwithmankind，anddictatedbyGodhimself，isofcoursesuperiationtoaisbiheglobe，inalltriesandatalltimes；nohumanlawsareofanyvalidityiftrarytothis，andsuasarevalid，derivealltheirfordalltheirvalidity，ahority，mediatelyaely，frinal；therefore，
&hatsuchlawsasfliywaywiththetrueandsubstantialhappinessofwomararytothegreatpreatureandofnovalidity，forthisis“superiationtoanyother”。
&hatalllawswhitwomanfromogsuchastatioyasherceshalldictate，orwhichplaapositiohatofmararytothegreatpreature，andthereforeofhority。
&hatwomanisman’sequal—wasiobesobytheCreator，agoodoftheradsthatsheshnizedassuch。
&hatthewomenofthistryoughttobeenlightehelawsuheylive，thattheymaynolongerpublishtheirdegradatiohemselvessatisfiedwiththeirpresentpositinorancebyassertingthattheyhavealltherightsthey>
&hatinasmu，whilegforhimselfiualsuperioritydoesaoralsuperionty，itispreemilyhisdutytehertospeakandteach，asshehasanopportunity，inallreligiousassemblies。
&hatthesameamountofvirtue，delidrefiofbehaviorthatisrequiredofwomaninthesocialstate，shouldalsoberequiredofmaransgressionsshouldbevisitedwithequalseverityonbothmanand