At a time when Victorian England questioned the role of women in society, Caird championed concepts surrounding the nature of women, the duties of wives and marriage in general are outdated and need to be reevaluated for marriages to thrive. One thing that angered Caird was how the Victorians viewed women as fragile, sensitive beings who were the product of their nature. Perpetuated ideas about the nature of women lead to an increasingly convincing argument for the treatment of women, declaring that because women were weak and sensitive, they could not be exposed to the world in the same way that men were. In her article “Marriage,” Caird argues that this statement about the human nature of women was not only false but rather restrictive. He states: “'Human Nature' has a variety of powers. From the idea that women had a certain human nature came the idea that women had specific duties to perform in their lives, especially regarding marriage. In John Ruskin's “Of Queens Gardens,” he outlines the duties of a wife: “And wherever a true wife cometh, this house is ever about her” (1615). These duties have overwhelmed the woman as a human being, leaving her to be simply a wife and, above all, the home. Caird argues that this role assigned to women prevents their marriages from thriving. He explains: "Even the idea of ​​'duty' should be excluded from the most perfect marriage, because the intense desire of mutual happiness would make exchanges of any kind the result of a feeling far more passionate than that of duty" (1631). By eliminating the sense of duty, Caird states that the genuine desire to make your partner happy would be more compelling than a duty. Therefore, eliminating this limiting role was the only way for women to truly thrive in a society