It is humbling to reflect, that in those countries in which the fondness for the mere persons of women is carried to the highest excess, they are slaves; and that their moral and intellectual degradation increases in direct proportion to the adoration which is paid to mere external charms.

Hannah More

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Oppression of women Gender relations Patriarchy

Author

Hannah More

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1799 1790s 18th century

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Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

More, Hannah. Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education. Vol. 1, London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1799, ch. 1.

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