The prejudice against color, of which we hear so much, is no stronger than that against sex. It is produced by the same cause, and manifested very much in the same way. The Negro’s skin and the woman’s sex are both prima facie evidence that they were intended to be in subjection to the white Saxon man.

Stanton draws an explicit analogy between racism and sexism, arguing that both rest on the same underlying logic: treating an inherited bodily trait (skin color or sex) as “prima facie” proof of natural inferiority and therefore rightful subordination. By naming the “white Saxon man” as the presumed beneficiary, she exposes how social power is normalized as destiny and then defended as common sense. The passage is significant for articulating an early intersectional insight—oppressions can be structurally similar and mutually reinforcing—while also reflecting the period’s racialized language and hierarchies. Her phrasing highlights how prejudice operates not merely as personal bias but as a social system that converts difference into a warrant for domination.