Every time a woman makes herself laugh at her husband's often-told jok…

Germaine Greer
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Every time a woman makes herself laugh at her husband's often-told jokes she betrays him. The man who looks at his woman and says 'What would I do without you?' is already destroyed. ✨ Germaine Greer (1972). The female eunuch
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Every time a woman makes herself laugh at her husband's often-told jokes she betrays him. The man who looks at his woman and says 'What would I do without you?' is already destroyed. ✨ Germaine Greer (1972). The female eunuch

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