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Evangelina
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I suspect that traditionally, ordering for a woman was considered good manners for a couple of reasons:Nobody is answering WHY it's considered good manners.
- public serving staff were typically at least a couple of rungs below the woman dining... ordering for her protected her from the ordeal of speaking with those of inferior class
- women of the upper classes were expected to be shy and possibly (depending on time period) wearing a tight corset... the combination would make ordering in a loud restaurant quite an ordeal in and of itself.
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