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| 34 | 152 | We are very View more quotes about curious">curious to know, vain beasts that we are, what men might pay for us, if we were to be offered for sale. |
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| 34 | 149 | This also gives him an opportunity to assess her interest to other men, for example, to see if men look after her, as she passes. |
| 34 | 150 | This gives him some sense of her value. |
| 34 | 151 | How much would she be likely to bring, for example, exhibited on a slave block? This is useful if he should be thinking of selling her, but it is also tends to be of independent interest, and not only to the master, but also to the slave. |
| 34 | 152 | We are very curious to know, vain beasts that we are, what men might pay for us, if we were to be offered for sale. |
| 34 | 153 | But, alas, some men, I fear, purchase girls largely for self-regarding, social reasons, for example, to impress others with their wealth, good fortune, or taste. |
| 34 | 154 | But then, too, on Earth, do not some men buy a certain car, or a certain house, or a certain painting, and such, largely to impress others? Too, on Earth some men will, in effect, purchase wives, so to speak, though the "exchange of coin" is less obvious. |
| 34 | 155 | These women, as I understand it, are referred to as "trophy wives". |