Some of the 'New Women' writers will some day start an idea that men and women should be allowed to see each other asleep before proposing or accepting. But I suppose the New Woman won't condescend in future to accept; she will do the proposing herself. And a nice job she will make of it, too! Bram Stoker
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This quote, written in 1909 by H. L. Mencken, is a satire on the new trend in society of entering into domestic partnerships, and the idea that women should be allowed to see their partner in their sleep and to propose marriage. This would be another form of female empowerment and a step forward for gender equality.

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  1. I suppose that we women are such cowards that we think a man will save us from fears, and we marry him.

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