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'''I thought it was interesting that William Sanger spent much of his analysis on the “ill treatment of parents, relatives, or husbands” when “inclination” was much higher on the list. Perhaps Sanger felt that “inclination” was the choice of the women and thus was not worthy of explanation whereas, “ill-treatment of family” was a cause that could not be avoided and thus invokes pity. It is interesting to note the own biases in his writing.''' Although a sound document, do you think the biases in his work hinder the information being expressed? --Hannah W. | '''I thought it was interesting that William Sanger spent much of his analysis on the “ill treatment of parents, relatives, or husbands” when “inclination” was much higher on the list. Perhaps Sanger felt that “inclination” was the choice of the women and thus was not worthy of explanation whereas, “ill-treatment of family” was a cause that could not be avoided and thus invokes pity. It is interesting to note the own biases in his writing.''' Although a sound document, do you think the biases in his work hinder the information being expressed? --Hannah W. | ||
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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. | ||
