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Marilyn Monroe

I have noticed... that men usually leave married women alone and are inclined to treat all wives with respect. This is no great credit to married women.

Marilyn Monroe

Respect

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Marilyn Monroe is pointing out that men tend to avoid bothering married women and generally show them respect simply because they are married. She suggests this respect is not necessarily earned by the women themselves, but rather given automatically due to their marital status.

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