For things to have value in man's world, they are given the role of commodities. Among man's oldest and most constant commodity is woman.
“I love to dance. But I don't like being up in front of tons of people. I didn't have the desire to be performing in front of a lot of people. So it wasn't something I ever seriously considered.”
“To be sure a stepmother to a girl is a different thing to a second wife to a man!”