The Fallen Woman in 19th Century England

 

The Angel vs. The Whore

 

The Social Outcast, The"Other"

 

"The best mothers, wives,
and managers of households, know little or nothing of sexual indulgences.
Love of home, children, and domestic duties, are the only passions they
feel." 

 "As a general rule, a modest woman seldom desires any sexual gratifi-
cation for herself. She submits to her husband, but only to please him; and,
but for the desire of maternity, would far rather be relieved from his
attentions."

  

 "In men, in general, the sexual desire is inherent and spontaneous, and
belongs to the condition of puberty. In the other sex, the desire is dormant,
if not non-existent..."

"Clement Scott, writing in 1894, can argue that men are 'born
animals' and women 'angels', so that it is in effect only 'natural'
for men to indulge their sexual appetites and, hence, perverse -
'unnatural' - for women to act in the same way."