Men were afraid to give equal rights to women because it would destabilize the status quo of the society, wherein men are considered the "head of the house," and women, subservient and dependent on the head of the house and consequently, considered as the "heart of the house" who keeps the family together while the men goes out to earn a living. Women's rights sought to destabilize the status quo, which puts women in charge of a family's domestic affairs and inside the house, while men are taught to think of more significant things outside of the home and deal with non-domestic affairs. Thus, women's rights and their claim to right to suffrage threatened the moral and social fabric of American society during this time. 3. During the time that the women's rights movement were making significant progress with their advocacy, Fuller is one with other women...

Like other women's rights activists, all of them recognize that recognition of women's rights is recognition of human rights, in the same way that American society is slowly recognizing that white and black Americans are equal and both have the right to suffrage. It is in this context that women's rights activists also argue that men and women, being human beings equal in the eyes of God, are both entitled with the right to liberty and practice human rights in the form of right to suffrage. Despite their progress, Fuller and her fellow women's rights activists are met with opposition by other women in American society, primarily belonging from elite and high-income class families, who espouse and advocate about the harmful effects of women's rights/gender equality to the well-being of a woman.