

The fact that there are men who could become enamoured of this slut is indeed a proof of the abasement of the men of this generation." Relationships Her ideas on morals have the same depth of judgment and delicacy of feeling as those of janitresses and kept women. Poet Charles Baudelaire was a contemporary critic of George Sand: "She is stupid, heavy and garrulous. These and other behaviors were exceptional for a woman of the early and mid-19th century, when social codes–especially in the upper classes–were very important. Franz Liszt had a relationship with a woman called Marie D'Agoult, who did this as well. At her time, women were not supposed to smoke, not even those of her standing. The clothes she wore were comfortable, and they also allowed her to go around Paris more freely than the other women, even those of her own social standing. She said that men's clothes were tougher, and also less expensive to buy than women's.

Sand started to wear men's clothes in public.
