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I don't know that women are always rewarded for being charming. I think they are usually… — Oscar Wilde

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I don't know that women are always rewarded for being charming. I think they are usually punished for it!

Oscar Wilde
An Ideal Husband · 1895
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Topic
CharmOppression of womenMisogyny
Medium
Play
Time
1895
Person
Oscar Wilde
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Current citation
Wilde, Oscar. "An Ideal Husband." Oscar Wilde: The Major Works, edited by Isobel Murray. Oxford University Press, 2008, act 1.
Original citation
Wilde, Oscar. An Ideal Husband. 1895, Haymarket Theatre, London, England, UK, act 1.

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