In short, the new good child was a paragon of dutiful submissiveness, refined virtue, and appropriate sensibility.
en.wikipedia.org True women were supposed to possess four cardinal virtues: piety, purity, domesticity, and submissiveness.
en.wikipedia.org Shyness, fearfulness, over submissiveness, aloofness, lack of biddability, or aggression (especially toward humans) are all traits that can occur.
en.wikipedia.org They alternate between aggression and submissiveness, fidgety restraint and turbulent fantasy.
www.standard.co.uk Forthright principle, not simpering submissiveness, should guide our path.
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