Lovers
Wives
Both words in one sentence
- Someone to Remember Him By: When the "age of favor" is lowered, many of the older boys who dutifully sacrifice themselves are leaving behind wives/lovers with babies.
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Men in general, or a specific man, are called out (often by their wives or lovers, and almost always by a woman) as still behaving like a little boy.
Source: Men Are Childish -
Double Standard: Accurate for the time it's set in, and played for laughs: Flashman is extremely promiscuous, has countless lovers all over the world, makes advances at other men's lovers and wives and even rapes one.
Source: Literature / Flashman
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