“…women were brought up to have only one set of manners. A woman was either a lady or she wasn't, and we all know what the latter meant. Not even momentary lapses were allowed; there is no female equivalent of the boys-will-be-boys concept.”

— Judith Martin

Source: Common Courtesy: In Which Miss Manners Solves the Problem That Baffled Mr. Jefferson

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American etiquette expert 1938

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