Yaiza

“Perhaps we should discuss it then. I realize that it’s considered impolite to refuse a gentleman’s offer to dance, and if a lady does so she’s required to sit out the rest of the dances that evening, but I believe that rule to be arbitrary, and well, stupid, and quite obviously designed for a man’s benefit, and not a woman’s.” “I agree,” Lady Gordon said, nodding her head emphatically. “A woman should not be forced to participate in any activity with a gentleman if she does not desire to, and she should not be punished for exercising that right.”
― Suzanne Allain, The Ladies Rewrite the Rules