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No, it kind of came off that way to me too. It seemed very, random, almost. Like he wanted to try to add in women's rights at the last minute as a little bit of a "hurrah" but failed. I don't know, the whole women's rights, marital rights, thing should have been avoided, in my opinion, unless it were to be brought up somewhere else in the book. Like the Introduction and Preface, it just seemed out of place with the rest of the book and overall theme of things. -Kelly W. | No, it kind of came off that way to me too. It seemed very, random, almost. Like he wanted to try to add in women's rights at the last minute as a little bit of a "hurrah" but failed. I don't know, the whole women's rights, marital rights, thing should have been avoided, in my opinion, unless it were to be brought up somewhere else in the book. Like the Introduction and Preface, it just seemed out of place with the rest of the book and overall theme of things. -Kelly W. | ||
| − | Was the point of the epilogue | + | Was the point of the epilogue to describe how 19th century society lacked women's say on the topic of sex? Was it more that men misinterpreted the role of women (gap between ideal home and real one) and their freedoms? I personally think the epilogue was about the latter and how the author is expressing how male writers simply built stereotypes in their writings about women. -Joe C. |
== Rotundo: Chapter 6 == | == Rotundo: Chapter 6 == | ||
