1. Male dominance and female complicity in Frau Brechenmacher
... oppression is quite blatant, particularly with the image of the bride: "she in a white dress trimmed with stripes and bows of coloured ribbon, giving her the appearance of an iced cake all ready to be cut and served in neat little pieces to the bridegroom beside her." The implication is that marriage is a ritual death for women, and likens the "eating ... ...
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