… century. One dimension of this ‘politeness’ is the extent to which men came to respect and pay due deference to
conventions of physical etiquette that women sought to claim (doing so, in part, to protect their reputation and their … privilege extended by entering the dance – that accentuated its significance against a background of wider restrictive
conventions concerning when an eligible woman might trust herself in a man’s hands? 1 . Catherine Hutton, The Miser … have had an impact on male emotions and experiences of sensuality in their contact with women. Indeed, we might see the
conventions of conduct and courtship becoming increasingly complex, thereby allowing ever more subtle distinctions and …