Tag: virginity
The Fallen Woman
by admin on Mar.19, 2013, under Blog posts
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“Past and Present I” by Victorian artist Augustus Leopold Egg shows the tragic circumstances sure to follow (according to 19th century thinking, anyway) if a woman failed to remain chaste.
Why the double standard? Today I’m at Romancing the Past, discussing the stigma associated during the 19th century with being a fallen woman.