“You will do something for the oppressed women, won’t you?”
“Where are the oppressed women?”
“What? Have you deserted our great cause? Are you leaving us in the lurch?”
“What cause are you talking about?”
“The Women’s Cause!”
“I know nothing about it.”
“You know nothing about it? Oh, come! You must admit that the position of the women of the lower classes is deplorable.”
“No, I can’t see that their position is any worse than the position of the men. Deliver the men from their exploiters and the women too will be free.”
“But the unfortunates who have to sell themselves, and the scoundrels who—”
“The scoundrels who pay! Has ever a man taken payment for a pleasure which both enjoy?”