Women were property
https://psychcentral.com/lib/women-as-property-an-existential-challenge-in-psychotherapy-part-2
https://demetranyx.com/women-considered-property/
https://pftw.worldpeacefull.com/women-as-property/
https://www.dawn.com/news/1287775
If men owned women, as feminists claim, then men were keeping women as chattel slaves, by definition. The ability to be able to buy and sell an item is a necessary condition to establish ownership but it alone is not sufficient.
https://study.com/academy/lesson/chattel-slavery-definition-and-america.html
In many societies people could sell their children so an argument could be made that children *were* property.
The feminist historical narrative is so pervasive that even many nanti-feminists buy in to it.
Wife selling If you can't buy and sell something you don't own it.
Many people confuse Coverture with ownership.