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In this quote from Jane Austen's novel, Persuasion, a woman speaks of her attraction to a man. As a woman, she is attracted to a man who is a gentleman and a gentleman does not have relations with women. In some cultures, there is a tradition that when a man has relations with a woman, the woman will have to leave her husband and live with him. In this quote, the Duchess of Devonshire says that the love of the man for the woman would be different from the love of a man for a woman.
Source: Clockwork Tangerine
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