... makes only ambiguous statements about him: that on the one hand, he is similarly to Flora charming and beautiful but she also prefers a boy with the spirit to be "naughty- and that the governess might as well believe such things about the angelic appearing Flora. The discussion about ... a duty than pleasure and men where mostly seen as seductive, hostile beings. As for the governesses, most came from traditional middle class backgrounds and thus grew up with the current prudish ideals about sexuality. As governesses they where treated like servants although their social ranks where hig...

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