Philippe Bey Takla says: "We want the rights by stages, for the leap is impossible — impossible."

Mr. Badri al-Maouchi acknowledges the Lebanese woman's abundant merit in all the works she performs, whether in the associa-tions or in the depart-ments of government,

and salutes her with great honor and respect — but... "he holds that evolution must proceed in

many stages."

And he sees noth-ing to pre-vent woman's being grad-ually given a share in social tasks.

Mr. Rida Bey al-Tamir does not want the wife to go out into the street to amuse her-self with demonstra-tions and the scandals of parliamentary

life. "Instead of attending to offspring and cooking and ironing — no, no, and a thousand times no."

Mr. Wasif Baroudi opposes those who say that man's right is an acquired right because the law happened to be issued so... He does not understand how injustice becomes an acquired right, and asks why legislative assem-blies exist if not to amend the laws. And he sincerely believes that this problem will never receive a true and humane solution except through equality.

Mr. Salah Labaki says: "These Pharisee men! They will not acknowl-edge woman's equality because they fear for a society they have built on the instincts of predation! They will not, because the cannon might fall silent and the stream of blood be cut off, and because the white-slave traffic might be abolished."

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