What role does the ceremony play in life in the small town? How do most townspeople feel about this custom? Support your answer with evidence from the text. the refusal

Rev. simon hosack] entered fully into the feeling of suffering and sorrow which took possession of me when i discovered that a girl weighed less in the scale of being than a boy, and he praised my determination to prove the contrary. which best describes society’s view of boys’ and girls’ abilities during the period in which elizabeth cady stanton lived?