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mcctrish@TheBookHippie it‘s hard to go against the patriarchy when they call all the shots but maybe Faith will turn the tide 🤞🏼 Ruth needs all the help and people in her corner she can get3mo
IndoorDameSooo… Just how long were they at that inn? I mean these days we need about a month to confirm a pregnancy, but just how far along would a petite teenager have to be for a doctor to see a pregnancy back then?3mo
Ruthiella@IndoorDame I think this is a doctor who serves the plot over the patient.3mo
BarkingMadRead@IndoorDame I wondered the same, I didn‘t think they were there for more than a couple of weeks, but where were they before that? I‘ll have to check the timeline3mo
mcctrish@IndoorDame so now I am thinking, remember when Bellingshit said he wanted to take Ruth to her family home but didn‘t want to take his carriage cuz he‘d miss their ‘walks‘ maybe walk means shenanigans?!3mo
IndoorDame@mcctrish ooo, sneaky! On his part and the author‘s. That never occurred to me, but if it‘s true her loosing her job that day isn‘t quite as much of an overreaction as I thought3mo
mcctrish@TheBookHippie he knew she‘d be ruined on multiple levels ( did it anyways) and now he‘s too tired to deal3mo
IndoorDame@TheBookHippie@mcctrish we must start to be much sneakier in our thinking as we read this. Like a mystery novel. Nothing anyone says is to be trusted! 😂3mo
mcctrish@IndoorDame I actually just thought “I have to think harder with this book than a mystery!”3mo
Clare-Dragonfly@BarkingMadRead Months?! Was Ruth never suspicious that they were in Wales, not London and Europe like he said he had to go to? Sheesh. I wish someone had taught this child something.3mo
CuilinI‘m having a hard time with all the faith discussion of “Ruth‘s sin” like she did this alone. WTF??@mcctrish#Bellingshit lol3mo
Aimeesue@mcctrish Absolutely yes about crossing the patriarchy when you‘re swimming in it with no real way out. A lot of time people don‘t even realize they hold ridiculous sexist beliefs until they confronted with a situation that forced them to think deeply about it.3mo
Aimeesue@Cuilin The “boys will be boys” trope goes deep. It also sets women up as the force responsible for upholding morality, and that hasn‘t even ended today. #MeToo made a dent, but it‘s still everywhere.3mo
Cuilin@Aimeesue I hate when people say, girls mature quicker than boys. No you‘re just holding them to different standards.3mo
mcctrish@Cuilin thanks to shit like this girls have to mature quicker aka understand all the fuckery afoot or they lose3mo
currentlyreadinginCOHoping that Benson's sis's plan works but suspecting that it won't and Ruth is going to be one tragedy after another like our girl Tess. Interesting discussion today , Im also viewing the previous innuendo in a new light🧐3mo
Aimeesue@Cuilin Yep. It‘s ridiculous. But effective, because it sets less powerful people above the power holders in a single aspect which was seen as significant at the time. Double edged sword because it‘s also a method of control if any female steps out of bounds, like Ruth.3mo
mcctrish@Aimeesue I‘m watching the latest season of Bridgerton and Colin and Penelope have had a falling out right before the wedding and he says he‘s going through with the wedding cuz he‘s a gentleman and they‘ve been intimate, although she could have planned that to entrap him! OH MY GOD!3mo
willafulI like how Faith is written. You can tell she's good people because when she realizes she's in the wrong she doesn't get defensive and convince herself she's right after all.
And she kind of represents what girls like Ruth are up against, because she's not a cruel person but is a part of her culture (as are we all.) It takes someone like her brother to be able to see beyond the usual.3mo
BookwormjillkI got a late start today and now that it‘s confirmed I‘m questioning everything. And I want to read Tess again and the rest of Gaskell‘s books. 🤯3mo
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And she kind of represents what girls like Ruth are up against, because she's not a cruel person but is a part of her culture (as are we all.) It takes someone like her brother to be able to see beyond the usual. 3mo