The natural tenderness and delicacy of our constitution, added to the many dangers we are subject to from your sex, renders it almost impossible for a single lady to travel without injury to her character. And those who have a protector in a husband have, generally speaking, obstacles to prevent their roving. Abigail Adams
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This quote is about society’s view of women. Society places many limitations on women, including the expectation that they are incapable of being responsible for themselves. When women are married, their husbands are expected to protect them from harm. This protection is often put in the form of chastity, which means that a woman cannot be alone with a man if she is not married.

Then, even when they are married, society places restrictions on what a woman can do. A woman cannot travel alone because she is not allowed to leave her home without her husband or someone her husband has approved of. Society fears that women will be harmed by men they meet on the road, so it makes it difficult for women to travel alone.

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