Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size.

Virginia Woolf
Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing...
Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing...
Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing...
Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing...
About This Quote

This quote from Oscar Wilde is a hilarious example of a man trying to make light of the fact that women are better at doing things than men. Women can be quite handy when it comes to cooking and the home. In fact, almost everything that a man does can be done better by a woman. The above quote is a fun way for Wilde to poke fun at the idea that women are better at everything.

However, because he doesn’t want to offend anyone he puts himself in the “too big for his britches” category. Note, of course, that Oscar Wilde was gay and did not have an issue with women being better than men.

Source: A Room Of Ones Own

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