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> it both blames and infantilizes those helpless and weak “modern women” by saying they "often do not have the opportunity to develop the muscles needed in con
by Chris2048 3y ago
> it both blames and infantilizes those helpless and weak “modern women”
by saying they "often do not have the opportunity to develop the muscles needed in confinement"?
> dismissing the medical needs of the hearty and hale savages
was the word "savage" used?
- Spooky23 3y agoThe proposition relies on the notion some sort of muscle development is an actual problem. I'm alluding to the romantic notion of the "noble savage" in this context, as the material assumes that "primitive" peoples somehow didn't have any problem in this area.