In the world before feminism, agreeableness in women was not a weakness. It was a virtue embedded within a moral framework that protected it. A woman’s inclination to say yes, to defer, to be accommodating, to avoid conflict, was not foolish. Women lived within a system that responded to their softness with male duty and communal restraint. Agreeablenes…
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