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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
Just a sidebar.
Until recent times, rich men had wives and often kept mistresses. And paid for their support. That's how you got the term "kept woman".
Why does it seem strange that a rich woman might want to have a "kept man"? A drinking, swashbuckling, very masculine, "kept man"? And how would such a man perceive himself?
Food for thought. . .
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It's the sort of food that gives one indigestion. There is a significant difference between a kept woman and a kept man as described in this book: who has the power. In both cases the men retain the power. The women, if discovered, are in real trouble, the men will receive congratulations.
And I don't think you need the "until recent times" qualifier. The double standard still holds in many (most?) parts of the world.