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A Woman of No Importance also puts the sexual double standard on a public stage

The 1893 play publicly names the sexual double standard. In the causal graph this event strengthens Protection of Minority Rights, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

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The 1893 play publicly names the sexual double standard. This Fact stores that rights-teaching door, split from the residual witty-lord type.

Context

One play, two signs.

Oscar Wilde’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Why it matters

A West End naming of the double standard is a minority-rights teaching path.

Keep the type-cost on the worsening row.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Oscar Wilde

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.55 · verified

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactA Woman of No Importance also puts the sexual double standard on a public stage
    2. strengthensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 20 April 1893 · verified

    A West End naming of the double standard is a minority-rights teaching path.

    • Having a say in government

      via Protection of Minority Rights

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Protection of Minority Rights

      Better

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Project Gutenberg — Oscar Wilde author pageProject Gutenberg · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Oscar WildeEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Gutenberg and Britannica independently present the 1893 public play.

Established: 1893 public opening. Not established: a unique custody-law change.

Contribution type is direct.

Later museums, UNESCO listings, Loeb reprints, and 2024–2025 COP or NATO rows are not this event. Responsibility 0.55 and influence 0.55 bound the path; they are not a personality score. If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here. Readers should open both named URLs.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorOscar Wilde
  2. contributed toFactA Woman of No Importance also puts the sexual double standard on a public stage
  3. strengthensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). A Woman of No Importance also puts the sexual double standard on a public stage. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/wil-woman-of-no-importance-access

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Accessed 16 October 2026.

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