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Viola has been shipwrecked in a strange country where she knows nobody. She has no means of support so she needs a job. However, there weren't many jobs that women could do apart from being a prostitute, and most of those were home industries that involved having start-up capital. Her employment options as a man were better (especially since she wanted to work for Orsino). Besides, a woman alone ran the risk of molestation much more than a young man alone, who might be expected to have some fighting skills.

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