Napoleon's Law of Women

So it appears that women were definitely given the short end of the stick when he came into rule. The French Revolution under Napoleon did bring much needed stability after two decades of civil war, but many basic rights were taken in exchange. In theory the Napoleonic code upheld the revolutionary idea that all citizens were created equal, except women. They were no longer allowed to testify in a courtroom or sell property without a husbands approval, they became a nothing more than property of their fathers or husbands. During the second to last stage of the French Revolution called the Directory, just prior to Napoleons coup d'etat, women were invited to take petitions and have their voice heard, even if not allowed to vote yet. But this was all taken away after Napoleonic Code came into place.
Pretty interesting after hearing what a hopeless romantic he was. He was said to have had an attitude towards women as "tender and uncomplicated as a schoolboy". Women's tears and supplications would send him into a frenzy of generosity and kindness.
Now it seems that we can break down this quote from Napoleon a bit further. "The ivy winds its tendrils around the first tree it encounters and that, in brief, is the story of love". Women were a living, breathing, grasping thing to him, something to wind himself up with, not much more. But oh how he wanted such a tendril to twist in its way.