“The idle wife ranked with the ornamentally wrought weapon and with the splendid offering to the gods as a measure of the man's power to waste, and therefore his superiority over other men. ... As is the case with any other object of art, her uselessness is her use.” MenArtUseCasesWifeObjectsWasteWeaponsOfferingIdleSuperioritySplendidUselessness Author:Emily James Smith Putnam
“the true lady is in theory either a virgin or a lawful wife.” WifeTheoryVirgins Author:Emily James Smith Putnam