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People opposed to the Seneca Falls Declaration might have argued that women were not educated or knowledgeable enough to vote and that they were naturally less intelligent than men. They might also have believed that politics and commerce were part of the male world and that women were unfit to participate in them. Many people at the time thought a woman’s proper duty was to raise her children and maintain her home, rather than seek political rights or employment outside the household. These arguments were based on traditional gender roles and unequal opportunities, not on women’s actual abilities.