"The law [of men] is unjust and inequitable. Why have they chastised the woman and left the man unpunished? The wife who has dishonored the bed of her husband is an adulteress, and the consequence of this are for her the harsh sanctions of the law; on the contrary, the husband who is unfaithful to his wife incurs no punishment. I do not accept this legislation; I do not approve of this custom. It is men who have legislated in this way; that is why this legislation is directed against the woman. . . . God does not act thus."
St. Gregory of Nazianzus (329-390), Oration 37.6, as translated from the French of SC 318, 283-285, as reproduced in an article I read.
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