“And [do you think it wise] to keep sane people inside an asylum and let loose the insane?” from “Sultana’s Dream”, a short story by Islamic Indian writer Rokeya Hossain (published in 1905), referring to the practice of keeping the women inside while the men roam free
“Is there any crime that gentlemen don’t commit? … [Is] there a vice for which they don’t have a license?” from Padmarag, also by Hossain














