Sikes' response to "The Place of Women in Society"

I tell you wot, all these women writin' in this book just need to stop actin' like they know wot they talkin' 'bout. Sarah Stickney Ellis got it right when she said the first thing of importance for a woman is to be content to be inferior to men mentally and physically. But wot she talkin' 'bout women can influence a man because she's a on the same moral and religious level as a man? I'd never sleep 'round like Miss Nancy, I'm kind 'nough to to give her a place to stay. She better bring me my gin and water when I ask for it, and she better do it without sayin' nothin' back neither. That's why I wouldn't allow young Nancy to read things like Harriet Taylor is publishin', sayin' womens should have just as active a life as men in politics and careers. Yes, I say Nancy and all women should stick to readin' Coventry Patmore, or better yet, not be readin' at all and just do as I say.