Lord Caversham: No woman, plain or pretty, has any common sense at all, sir. Common sense is the privilege of our sex. Lord Goring: Quite so. And we men are so self-sacrificing that we never use it, do we, father?

Summary

In this quote from Oscar Wilde's play "An Ideal Husband," Lord Caversham expresses the belief that women lack common sense, asserting that it is exclusively a privilege enjoyed by men. Lord Goring, however, counters his father's statement sarcastically, suggesting that men often choose not to utilize their supposed common sense. This exchange contributes to a satirical critique of societal gender roles and the patriarchal viewpoint of the time, emphasizing the irony and hypocrisy in the notion of superior male rationality.

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