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[KitSileya]

155. Infantilize her, or constrain her within outdated notions of 'proper behavior'.

Yes, that is what the use of 'lady' often does - it is different than 'gentleman', simply because the cultural chains around the words are so different - gentlemen were supposed to behave properly to specifically chosen women, called 'ladies', but were allowed to do whatever with impunity to other women and while with men. Didn't matter what he did, really, he would stay a gentleman forever unless his behavior towards other men didn't fall below standard, in which case he might lose some social status and business connections, but not much more.

'Lady' on the other hand, put women on pedestals, unable to move or do much of anything, unless they wanted to fall out of society altogether. Didn't matter who they did it to, just the independent movement itself was enough to rain down incredible consequences on her - loss of status, and family, money, to becoming free-for-all prey for rape and exploitation.

Yes, lady is different than gentleman - and women can hear it in the use of the words, as lady was so long used to chain women who did have the means to get an education, and an independent life to an infantile dependency on men in their family.