pilferingapples:

pilferingapples:

I’ve seen some people talking about the way Hugo describes Baptistine as “almost without gender” and the whole “must be a mother to be venerable” line and just…Hugo and his weird attitudes towards Gender and Motherhood and Virgins and general, and while that is a whole college degree worth of Commentary,  I’d like to add a little bit of relevant info here (and before we come to Simplice!) 

(warnings for necessary oversimplification of a century of Gender Discourse incoming): 

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#AH#THIS EXPLAINS A LOT#I MEAN#IT ALSO RAISES A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS#BUT SENSE IS VERY NEARLY MADE

This is exactly  how I felt researching the topic XD