Mrs. Wynnes, Hierarchies And Injustice In India

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One evening in India, a colonial official and his wife decided to have a dinner party with some friends. So, they invited Mrs. Wynnes, officers, government attaches, and an American naturalist. Conversation sprung about how males and females would handle a moment of crisis. A young girl seated at the table claimed that women are now over the stage of screaming over things, such as rodents. However, a colonel stated no, their reaction in a crisis is indeed to scream and that men have more control in situations like these. Meanwhile, while an argument arose over how men and women react in the state of a crisis, a hostess noticed they weren’t in the room alone. There was indeed a cobra in there with them. The hostess summoned a native boy standing

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