The most important skill a girl can acquire is insight-insight into men’s true character. And this is particularly true in a materialistic, capitalist society, where (this was one of Jane Austen’s constant concerns) marriage is-apart from the love thing, of course, and the religion thing-a civic institution, government-regulated, for the preservation of property, and property’s legal transmission. The choice of a mate is maybe the most consequential decision anybody makes. Let’s not pretend romance is somehow beneath us, or trivial, or just for girls. Let’s not pretend romance isn’t always the most important thing.
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