Female beauty [ Taste & Manners ]
… feminine beauty. This left the tables somewhat turned in both the biological and socially-constructed definitions of the sexes. In terms of sociability, female beauty became a public symbol of moral superiority and sensibility, further … alignment of beauty, virtue and femininity, commentators began to argue that there was an ideal beauty for each of the sexes, and it lay in their contrasting qualities. Those men adopting the aesthetic vision of women’s superior morality, … Commerce and French Society 1750–1830 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009), p. 74. Even the Fair Sex , in whose Favour we pretend to make this Condescension, may with reason despise us for it, and laugh at us for …
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