An open book has fanned pages rising into a small paper bird against a warm golden background.

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Gaston

It's not right for a woman to read. Soon she starts getting ideas, and thinking.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Gaston objects to women reading because it might lead them to ideas and independent thought. His objection exposes hostility to women's autonomy rather than supplying a valid reason to restrict it.

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