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Anonymous Posted 4 years ago
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Hello Friends,

A product of Nigeria's patriarchal culture, she is too mortified to tell anyone about her past as an escort.

Is the above structure fine? Is there a better word than mortified here, such as embarrassed etc.?

Thanks.

  

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anonymous Is the above structure fine? I don't love it. The connection between the first part of the sentence and the second is not clear.

  • anonymous Is the above structure fine?
  • I don't love it.
  • The connection between the first part of the sentence and the second is not clear.
  • It seems to be saying that any female who is the product of a matriarchal culture would naturally not want people to know she was an escort.
  • I think most gals would be inclined to hide that whatever their culture.
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anonymousIs the above structure fine?

I don't love it. The connection between the first part of the sentence and the second is not clear. It seems to be saying that any female who is the product of a matriarchal culture would naturally not want people to know she was an escort. I think most gals would be inclined to hide that whatever their culture.

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