HST 222 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Wwe Network
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Urban life = could participate in sorts of sexual activity outside of traditional marriage. Two outcomes: death or prostitution: most suffered both. A woman was seduced by her lover, and then abandoned. She was then expelled from polite society and thrust into the sexual underworld . Maria, late 1790s, published as classic fragment. Bastardy: saved by a good samaritan. Women described as sexual villains hunt for prey a monster . Supported idea that behavior was natural for men: sexual privilege, stories interpreted both ways, attack on female culture, assault on autonomy. Seduction tales cry for female equality (affluent female audience. Men gained validation of sexual privilege from genre, seemed power as invincible. Women to protect themselves by restraining their sexuality. Transformed from secure econ needs to woman of lower sort. Made more than any other female employee, controlled income themselves, independent. Relieving unhappy females who swerved the path of virtue. Motivated by concern in philly area over growing social disorder.
