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A woman that is easily hurt can be manipulated into doing things that she otherwise would not do. The damage that can be done by a woman who is easily hurt is almost always severe. He was talking about the fact that women are emotional creatures and emotional creatures are extremely vulnerable to emotional manipulation. For example, he could have been talking about how women are easily manipulated by the emotions of other people. We tend to act out of emotion rather than logic when we are emotionally driven.
Source: The Railway Children
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