degraded

Other forms: degradedly

Definitions of degraded
  1. adjective
    lowered in value
    synonyms: debased, devalued
    low
    less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
  2. adjective
    unrestrained by convention or morality
    “deplorably dissipated and degraded”
    synonyms: debauched, degenerate, dissipated, dissolute, fast, libertine, profligate, riotous
    immoral
    deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong
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"The Declaration of Sentiments" (1848)

The Declaration of Sentiments was presented in July 1848 at the first Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls. Composed by the abolitionist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, it deliberately echoes the Declaration of Independence by casting women in the role of the oppressed and men in the role of the tyrant. This led to much heated dispute, but it is now recognized as the first step towards the addition of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution. E-text available here.

"Ellen West" by Frank Bidart

This searing poem alternates between the perspective of Ellen West, a woman dying from anorexia nervosa, and doctors at a psychiatric clinic where she is undergoing treatment. Read the poem here.

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