You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your
neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or
anything that belongs to your neighbor. --Exodus 20:17
Including women in a list that includes houses and donkeys should make it clear that women are also to be seen as mere objects literally belonging to men, making it hard to understand how people still claim the ancient code from where this came can't be discarded in favor of any number of improvements since then.
Including women in a list that includes houses and donkeys should make it clear that women are also to be seen as mere objects literally belonging to men, making it hard to understand how people still claim the ancient code from where this came can't be discarded in favor of any number of improvements since then.
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