This area of research is just developing. I suggest considering first the place of women within society: how did elite males regard females of their own and lower classes; how did the Catholic Church influence the stereotypes? To what extent was the ideal of female ‘honour’ subverted by economic realities: the role of lower-class women as servants; the degree of prostitution? What was the female reaction to male stereotyping? How successfully did feminist political movements develop? How much control could upper and lower class women exercise over their lives in such highly Catholic and patriarchal societies? What role did women play in the development of labour movements?
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