George Bernard Shaw Quotes

We throw the whole drudgery of creation on one sex, and then imply that no female of any delicacy would initiate any effort in that direction.

George Bernard Shaw

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• We throw the whole drudgery of creation on one sex, and then imply that no female of any delicacy would initiate any effort in that direction.

  

  George Bernard Shaw
  • Sex
  • Creation
  • Drudgery