The Importance of Nature

"If I had to call this anything, I would probably call it sexist," he says. "It certainly doesn't paint women very well when he's had a book full of men that are thinking fairly clearly." He adds: "She is concerned with clothing, and she hates other women, and she's jealous of her husband, and she cheats around". But were the men flattering? Not necessarily. 'I hope I'll never be like her,' writes Gertie Ryardan in one scene. The author then asks his audience if they think Joyce is saying this about all my men or just this particular woman.