Victorian tradition and Victorian prudery placed excessive emphasis on the chastity of women. Their proper sphere was within the four walls of the home; any contact with the outside world was supposed to corrupt and spoil them.
Their sole business was to look after the comfort of their men folk. But with the passing of time the movement for women’s emancipation gained ground; women were given political rights and more and more of them came out of their homes to take up independent careers. Florence Nightingale did valuable service to the cause of women, problems of sex and married life were receiving increasing attention from thinkers and writers.