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    theirhusbandsaswell

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    subjectionofennsistsinthegeneralregnitionoftheinferiorityofen;

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    arereautoarriagesinchina;forreasonsweshall

    soonseetheenareexpefaly

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    eighthoursislongandtiringinhighheeledshoesstofthenoinctively

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    independenounttochthecynicalones

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    theiratealurgecausesthe

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    fundantalrelations;likethatbetuchlessinthe

    differentuntriesthanoneaginefroravellersdescriptionseers

    areapttoiginechineseuteslavesoftheirhusbands;althoughactually

    chinesehusbands;ontheaverage;arefairlyreasonableandnsideratebeings;while

    chineseareapttothinkthat;becausetheeershaveneverheardofnfucius;

    thereforeeachs;but

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    theuniqueandtheexotickesuchinterestingafterdinnerstories;hecentral

    andntruthsofhunityareforgotten

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    rrynesanddodgefroneans

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    dislikeeachotherstronglyen;therefore;arenotoppressedbytheirhusbandsor

    bytheirfathersinlaersinlaher;sincetheyareof

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    daughtersinlaaybeoppressedbythethersinlahisisoften

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    nifoldresponsibilitiesisoftenaveryhardoneforitstbereeredthata

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    sonisbo;theidioticexpressionis”agrandsonhasbeenbo”adaughterinlaw;

    therefore;hasresevereobligationstosthantowardherhusbanda

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    othinartandineverydaylife;seeinderoustothe

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    phraseveryodeode

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    ather;neverthinksofherpositionas”dependent”onthepleasureofherhusband

    itisonlyotherthatshefeelsherutterdependencethere

    eevenintheotherhoodandbearingandrearingchildrenwere
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