In the male centered Victorian Age, women like Edna are awakening, thinking over their fate and seeking the way to women's liberation.

在以男权为中心的维多利亚时代，埃德娜式的妇女开始觉醒，她们在思考自身的命运，寻求解放的出路。

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He said there was something specific about the 1960s and 1970s, in which sexual liberation collided with traditional male-dominated power structures, and powerful men took advantage of the situation.

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