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… ones should be banned. New forms of public sociability such as masquerading were repeatedly described as dangerous and scandalous because disguise gave too many freedoms to the sexes. The Spectator consistently satirised lower-rank male … used a female persona ; the two Female Tatlers 15 and the Parrot (1728) by Mrs Prattle. The latter, who declared ‘Scandal is the woman’s weapon’ 16 and vindicated women’s right to write scathing political satires against Walpole’s …
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