Why, why, her mind stuttered, I believe women could manage everything in the world without men’s help--except having babies, and God knows, no woman in her right mind would have babies if she could help it.

Margaret Mitchell
About This Quote

In this quote, Agatha Christie makes a deeper point about the differences between men and women. The narrator is the female character, Miss Marple, and she is discussing the birth of her niece. She believes that women could take care of everything in the world and that they don’t need men’s help except to have babies. As we know, this is not true. Women can give birth and raise children without men’s help, but they do need men’s help when it comes to having them.

Source: Gone With The Wind

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