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I do sort of appreciate Nelly's [Ternan] view that it would be woman who would suffer mostly from that - who would be ostracized. The rigid societal conventions meant that it was difficult to live outside of them.

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Felicity Jones
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: October 17
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Birmingham
West Midlands
Felicity Rose Hadley Jones
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