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Sewing-Machine comments on Under-acknowledged Value Differences - Less Wrong Discussion

47 Post author: Wei_Dai 12 September 2012 10:02PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 14 September 2012 12:19:48PM 4 points [-]

A bad man is a murderer or rapist; a bad woman is a slut or a scold.

For the Victorians, the go-to feminine stereotype to match "murderer or rapist" was "poisoner."