I am afraid that women appreciate cruelty, downright cruelty, more than anything else. They have wonderfully primitive instincts. We have emancipated them, but they remain slaves looking for their masters, all the same. They love being dominated.
– Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Chapter 8. Lord Henry continues his toxic influence on Dorian, sharing with him more of his outrageously misogynistic views and inappropriate comments on women, which no woman could possibly agree with. He sees them as loving to be dominated, slaves to men, and actually appreciating cruelty. This is what one online book reviewer Caroline Asgard says of this passage on her Obscura Undead blog: "One quote that really stood out to me which I found disgusting, obviously said by Henry. This really shows you what a disgusting guy he is, and why Dorian turned out the way he did."