An idea from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Girls are taught to guard their reputation above everything else. So a wife who gambles away her children’s money can still pass as honourable, as long as she’s chaste. Modesty and honesty should be virtues for men and women alike.

From A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft

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