How to understand the sentences below?
The damned little brat must be protected against her own idiocy, one says to one's self at such times. Others must be protected aginst her. It is a social necessity. And all these things are true. But a blind fury, a feeling of adult shame, bred of a longing for muscular release are the operatives. One goes on to the end.
How to understand the words "against" in the sentences above? Could you replace it with another word? What's meant by "bred of" and "operatives" here. What does last "one" refer to?