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Modesty, Comprehensively Considered
Modesty, Comprehensively Considered, and Not as a Sexual Virtue
Wollstonecraft redefines modesty as a fruit of reason and self-respect common to both sexes, distinguishing it sharply from the performed bashfulness and coyness that conduct books mistake for female virtue.
Modesty redefined as a fruit of reasonModesty as common to both sexes, not a female virtueFalse modesty and performed coyness