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“Within the prevailing models of the human mind women were seen as somewhat less evolved than nmen and with a corresponding lack of rational control over their actions—barely protected from the underlying degeneracy by male control,especially over their sexuality...the criminal woman is a monster.”
Late 19th century attitudes “science” about women.
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