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I think that in any primary document, the author's biases and opinions will leak out through the text. I think Sanger took pity on the women and felt sorry for many of them, for they really had nowhere else to go. --Catherine K. | I think that in any primary document, the author's biases and opinions will leak out through the text. I think Sanger took pity on the women and felt sorry for many of them, for they really had nowhere else to go. --Catherine K. | ||
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| + | I thought this was really interesting. The fact that so many put “Inclination” surprised me, why wouldn’t they use some sort of excuse for becoming a prostitute rather than the fact that prostitution was their preference or a natural tendency. Admitting to this seems more shameful than being a prostitute itself. Of course, Dr. Sanger made excuses for those who said this, that this was a result of other and controlling influences; that the answer implies a depravity of womanly feelings. I was not surprised about the number of women who were led into prostitution because their men deserted them. I was surprised by the number of women who put “As an easy life” and “Persuaded by a prostitute”. Much like the Inclination group, these answers surprise and baffle me. I also wondered how much they were able to make as prostitutes during this time in order to choose it as a, for lack of a better term, profession. Another question I had was the amount of women who claimed they were “seduced”, I wondered if being seduced and then deserted led them into prostitution, or if being seduced labeled them as a prostitute?--Emma C. | ||
