"Mother May I" Masculinity
A Sky Without Eagles (2014)
“Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who like women never notice what they wear.”
Ce sont les hommes qui n'aiment pas les femmes qui s'intéressent à la toilette des femmes. Et les hommes qui aiment les femmes ne voient pas seulement comment elles sont habillées.
Histoire contemporaine: L'anneau d'améthyste (1899)
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Ce sont les hommes qui n'aiment pas les femmes qui s'intéressent à la toilette des femmes. Et les hommes qui aiment les femmes ne voient pas seulement comment elles sont habillées.
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"Mother May I" Masculinity
A Sky Without Eagles (2014)

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