Rosetti: Women/desire/love

Question 1

Matrimonial causes act 1865

Answer 1

Allowed legal separation by either husband or wife as grounds of adultery, cruelty or desertion

• Men got compensation but women did not
• Women were not guaranteed compensation

Question 2

Fallen woman

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Answer 2

• Lost her innocence of fallen from the grace of God
• Associated to loss of chastisity and female promescuity
• Linked to biblical idea that Eve fell from a state of innocence
• May be regarded as fallen simply because she was educated, eccentric or elusive

Question 3

Contagious diseases act (1864)

Answer 3

Allowed officers to arrest women suspected of being prostitiutes in certain ports and army towns (even if there is no evidence of them being prostitutes)

• Subjected to physical examinations for venereal diseases
• Men did not have to go through this

Question 4

Who fought against the contagious dieases act (1964)

Answer 4

Josephine Butler

Question 5

Law of coverture

Answer 5

Married women’s legal existence was considered to be merged with that of her husbands

Question 6

Married Women’s Property Act (1870)

Answer 6

Caused law of coverture to stop
Allowed married women to be the legal owners of the money they earned and inherit property