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 slaves.
Many people confuse Coverture with ownership.