It comes down to this. Some one must wash the dishes. Now, would you expect man, man made in the image of God, to roll up his sleeves and wash the dishes? Why, it would be blasphemy. I know that I am but a rib and so I wash the dishes. Marie Jenney Howe
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This quote from an interview with Nelson Mandela shows the man’s sense of humor. He is speaking from the perspective of a person who cannot wash dishes. He says that this is something that only a person made in the image of God could do, but that he is not that type of person. Instead, he says, he will wash the dishes like everyone else.

Source: An Antisuffrage Monologue

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