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n |
Outside the
court, women were confined to the household;
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their status
hinged on bearing male children.
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n |
Upper class women
might be taught reading and writing by
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their parents,
but they were barred from official positions.
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n |
Non-elite women
worked in many occupations, but the main
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way to gain
independence was to become a prostitute or
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entertainer.
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