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In puritan society , the average age for marriage was higher than in other group of  immigrants. The average for men was 26 and Women was 23. There was a strong imperative to marry. Those who did not were ostracized.

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Women were considered to be the weaker gender.
Women manipulated their expected roles to fulfill their own wants.

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Women were subordinate to men. In the new colonies , the same laws existed in England. Their husbands owned everything including the children.