Couple Quotes
How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
"How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being."— Oscar Wilde
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Meaning of this quote
The quip mocks a husband whose rational treatment supposedly overlooks romance. Its gender assumptions belong to Wilde’s comic social world.
Key takeaway:
Recognize the satire and stereotypes behind a period relationship joke.
Origin of the quote
Adaptation of a Wilde aphorism about being treated as a perfectly rational being.
Who actually said this?
Commonly attributedThe documented Wilde text uses rational being, not normal human being. The post is a rewritten version rather than an exact original sentence.
