The Recognition of Potential—

     This ranks among the most profound marks of difference between Man and Woman. For Woman is either blind and deaf to the potential in a man, or else willfully oblivious: she wants an older man, one who is already accomplished, one who has proven his ability to succeed through—success!

     Man, on the other hand, knows the value of a woman only through her potential: every "deed" is a blemish on her virtue, so to speak. He wants a younger woman, one to whom the world is fresh and as yet unexperienced, one who has not yet become a credit to her name and so won't mind—taking his!