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Jennifer's avatar

Horatio Alger?

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Jennifer's avatar

Ah, yes! You said it. Many of the fiction books marketed to Christian women contain this trope. Be virtuous and God sends you everything you deserve (in the form of a loving Provider husband).

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ProfessorMeredith's avatar

Yeah, it's a big evangelical thing

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