Men Fear the Woman Who:

1 — ...talks in a loud-pitched voice.

2 — ...always begins what she says with “I.”

3 — ...whenever she converses, sets about explaining her problems and worries, bewailing her ill luck.

4 — ...is astonished by nothing, as though there were nothing new in the world; indeed she knows more than anyone else — and sometimes more than the man.

5 — ...when she meets a man, keeps repeating soft, sweet words in his ears.

6 — ...affects extreme naïveté although she is past twenty, when naïveté becomes an occasion for ridicule.

7 — ...lies without there being any call to lie, and invents baseless tales, casting herself as their heroine so as to appear fascinating.

8 — ...is always late for the appointment she herself has fixed.

9 — ...makes a commotion around herself in order to draw all eyes.