https://padlet.com/leah_chin/dwgzmko3s2tkx4sq Lavet med munterhed en-us 2022-04-19 06:35:10 UTC 2022-04-19 06:53:22 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/leah_chin/dwgzmko3s2tkx4sq/wish/2148123095 1830-1890
Queen Victoria ruled Britain from 1837-1901

Britain developed into a industrialised nation (known as the industrial Revolution) 

A consequence was rapid urbanisation resulting in poverty

Focus on inequality between the sexes 

Key words: Sexual repression, narrow-mindedness and respectability 


]]> 2022-04-19 06:37:12 UTC https://padlet.com/leah_chin/dwgzmko3s2tkx4sq/wish/2148123095 leah_chin https://padlet.com/leah_chin/dwgzmko3s2tkx4sq/wish/2148130455 The code of honour
- All apspects of daily life and strict code of social conduct

The family was a sacred institution

Norms and values
- Sexual constraints
- Low crime
- Religious morality
- Hard work
- Good reputation

Tendency of hypocrisy
- Suppressing their feelings
- Turning a blind eye to the ugliness
- Women could not have pre-marital sex, but men could]]> 2022-04-19 06:43:33 UTC https://padlet.com/leah_chin/dwgzmko3s2tkx4sq/wish/2148130455 leah_chin https://padlet.com/leah_chin/dwgzmko3s2tkx4sq/wish/2148135729 She should be:
- Pure
- Innocent
- Chaste before marriage
- Devoted to husband and family

"To suffer a fate worse than death" = to become pregnant outside marriage

Problems with fulfilling the ideal:
- Women of the working class were forced to work in factories and mines, because they could not survive on one income
- Large number of "Surplus women" = the women of the middle class who did not marry


]]> 2022-04-19 06:48:23 UTC https://padlet.com/leah_chin/dwgzmko3s2tkx4sq/wish/2148135729 https://padlet.com/leah_chin/dwgzmko3s2tkx4sq/wish/2148138121 Main purpose was to find a good wife and get married 

The man was expected to be:
- Respectable
- Honorable
- Have high morals
- Have good manners 
- Believe in God 

He was also expected to: 
- Be in control
- Repress his feelings 
- Financially successful in life 
- Impressing society 
- Being recognised by his peers


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