I don't know that women are always rewarded for being charming. I think they are usually punished for it!

Oscar Wilde

An Ideal Husband

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Charm Oppression of women Misogyny

Speaker

Mrs. Cheveley

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

An Ideal Husband

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1895 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

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Ireland Europe

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Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. An Ideal Husband. 1895, Haymarket Theatre, London, England, UK, act 1.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "An Ideal Husband." Oscar Wilde: The Major Works, edited by Isobel Murray. Oxford University Press, 2008, act 1.

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Separate but equal Jim Crow

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John Marshall Harlan
Source
Plessy v. Ferguson
Medium
Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion
Genre
Dissenting opinion Legal writing
Language
English
Time
1896 1890s 19th century
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Harlan, John Marshall. Dissenting Opinion. Plessy v. Ferguson. United States Reports, vol. 163, 18 May 1896, pp. 552-564. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/163/537/.

Another quote about Oppression of women

So true is it that unnatural generally means only uncustomary, and that everything which is usual appears natural. The subjection of women to men being a universal custom, any departure from it quite naturally appears unnatural.

John Stuart Mill

The Subjection of Women

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Oppression of women Custom and convention

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John Stuart Mill
Source
The Subjection of Women
Medium
Essay
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1869 1860s 19th century
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Mill, John Stuart. The Subjection of Women. London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1869, ch. 1.

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