In the nineteenth century,White middle-class Americans believed that it was part of a woman's duty to tame the male's sexual impulses.

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This belief was known as the "cult of true womanhood" or the "cult of domesticity," and it emphasized women's roles as moral guardians of the home and family. Women were expected to be pure, pious, submissive, and nurturing, and to counteract men's natural passions and desires through their feminine influence and virtue. This contributed to a restrictive and repressive gender ideology that limited women's opportunities and autonomy, and reinforced gender inequalities and hierarchies.

In the Nineteenth Century,White Middle-Class Americans Believed That It Was