“On the contrary, she was snubbed, slapped, lectured and exhorted. Her mind must have been strained and her vitality lowered by the need of opposing this, of disproving that”(246)
http://i.word.com/idictionary/disprove
disprove (Verb)
To prove to be false or wrong
Instead of being praised and adored she was abused. This woman was looked down upon and thought to be the lesser. No woman not even an artist or writer could prove a man wrong without being lowered. It was almost the culture in those times for a woman that has been seeking independence to be slapped, or lectured in the name of men’s superiority.
