“That won’t help you, thank you. If anything I am my mother’s son.”
“Ah—ah, what is this, you are a son. Do you see?”
“That’s a piece of English feudalism.”
“The demands of feudalism do not explain a woman’s desire for sons.”
“That is another question. She hopes they will give her the understanding she never had from their father. In that I am my mother’s son for ever. If there’s a future life, all I care for is to meet her. If I could have her back for ten minutes I would gladly give up the rest of my life..... Is heredity really criss-cross? Is it proved?”
“Substantially.”
“Oh yes. Of course. I know. To prevent civilisation going ahead too fast! I’ve seen that somewhere. Very flattering to men. But it proves there’s no separate race of men and women.”
“Exactly.”
“Then how have men the face to go on with their generalisations about women?”
“You yourself have a generalisation about women.”