FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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Question
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gave women full equality including the vote.
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gave women equality before the law but not the vote.
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made women legally subservient to their husbands or fathers.
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allowed women economic rights, like the signing of contracts, but not political rights.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The code subordinated women to their fathers and husbands, who controlled all family property, determined the fate of children, and were favoured in divorce proceedings. Many of those provisions were reformed only in the second half of the 20th century.
Detailed explanation-2: -Women were forbidden from entering into legal contracts, nor could they be a party to lawsuits or testify in court. Wives couldn’t engage in commerce without a husband’s written permission, and all property in a marriage was the husband’s. Simply put, the Code was sexist, which reflected Napoleon’s own sexism.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Napoleonic Code (French: Code Napoléon, lit. “Code Napoleon"), officially the Civil Code of the French (French: Code civil des Français; simply referred to as Code civil), is the French civil code established during the French Consulate in 1804 and still in force, although frequently amended.