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passionlessness: a standalone construct

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Social history

the Victorian view that women lacked carnal desire, which Cott reads as also giving women moral standing and some control.

In social history, passionlessness refers to the Victorian view that women lacked carnal desire, which Cott reads as also giving women moral standing and some control. This meaning comes from Cott (1978) in Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society.[1]

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References

Cott, N. F. (1978). Passionlessness: An Interpretation of Victorian Sexual Ideology, 1790-1850. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 4(2), 219-236. https://doi.org/10.1086/493603

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