Unsupported. Female memoirists depicted themselves as conforming to socially prescribed roles. But we don’t know anything about the contents of memoirs written by men, and we have no reason to infer that male memoirists depicted women this way too.

Unsupported. Women’s memoirs depicted women who participated in the Revolution. But we don’t know anything about the contents of men’s memoirs, and we have no reason to infer that they depicted women this way too.

Anti-supported. Republican memoirists who supported the Revolution risked political sanctions. It’s possible that some male memoirists faced political sanctions, but we have no reason to assume that the majority did. It’s more likely that the majority of male memoirists were aristocrats— since only aristocrats could write well— and therefore did not face political sanctions.

Supported. The author explains that most female memoirists were members of the upper class, since only members of the upper class could write well, and most memoirs were published long after the Revolution during the restored monarchy. We can reasonably infer that these same social and economic factors applied to male memoirists, and that most male memoirists were members of the upper class.

Anti-supported. The author explains that most female memoirists were members of the upper class, since only members of the upper class could write well, and most memoirs were published long after the Revolution during the restored monarchy. We can reasonably infer that these same social and economic factors applied to male memoirists, and that most male memoirists were members of the upper class.