childbirth etc./AND P CONTENT!

RICHARD ROMEO RR.TFCNY at mail.fdncenter.org
Thu Sep 25 09:39:00 CDT 1997


PM wrote:

No one has yet complained about how wimpy, formulaic, perversted and
puppet-like the women in M&D are. Anyone want to start the ball[s]
rolling? And if not, why not?
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Well, how 'bout Florinda and Rebekah?  Wouldn't call either of 'em wimpy 
or puppet-like.  We could say many of the male characters have similiar 
traits as these...that aside women didn't have many options in that age 
of enlightenment did they? 

Richard Romeo
Coordinator of Cooperating Collections
The Foundation Center-NYC
212-807-2417
rromeo at fdncenter.org






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