@kernow IMAGINE A GROUP OF YOUNG EUROPEAN ARISTOCRATS, POWDERED WIGS AND FANCY GETUPS AND ALL.
THEY WANT TO PUBLICLY POSTURE THEIR VIRTUE AMONG THEIR PEER GROUP, SO THE DISCUSSION TURNS TO WOMEN AND IT TURNS INTO "WELL, THE FEEBLER SEX KNOW NOTHING OF THE GREATER HONORS OF CIVIL SERVICE, AND DYING FOR ONES COUNTRY, OR LOVE FOR THE SEA, THIS ABSTRACT YEARNING FOR THE GREATER THINGS IN LIFE!"
AND SO IT TURNS INTO THIS ONE-UPSMANSHIP OF SIGNALLING HOW MUCH OF A ROMANTIC KNIGHT EACH OF THEM IS THROUGH PROXY OF COMPLAINING ABOUT THE WOMENFOLK BEING CONCERNED WITH DOMESTIC MUNDANITY.