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    In Jane Austens book,what does it mean when it {says;} 'the undeserving of the other sex'?

    Question #23933. Asked by Rolo. (Nov 04 02 9:09 PM)


    Tabby Tom

    		The quotation is from Chapter 47 of 'Pride and Prejudice', when the Bennets learn that Lydia has eloped with her suitor Wickham. Mary says to Elizabeth:

    'Unhappy as the event must be for Lydia, we may draw from it this useful lesson: that loss of virtue in a female is {irretrievable;} that one false step involves her in endless {ruin;} that her reputation is no less brittle than it is {beautiful;} and that she cannot be too much guarded in her behaviour towards the undeserving of the other sex.'

    'Undeserving' means unworthy, and 'the other sex' (for a woman) clearly means men. So Mary is saying that a woman can't be too careful in dealing with unscrupulous men.


    Nov 04 02, 10:21 PM

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