to explain how it all happened; it is imperative to pinpoint that Maria lives in a society that is structured upon a judicial law which, on the one hand, provides for individual rights and freedoms to men; and, on the other hand, bestows upon men complete power over the body and richness of their wives, their private property. Thus, this law leaves women in utter dependence and despair, for this law functions in two levels: first, it establishes a society with a false morality; second, it empowers