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== [[Literature]] ==
* It's actually the societal ''norm'' for romance to be The Masochism Tango in Saldaea in ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'', much to the bafflement of [[The Big Guy|Perrin]] when he marries fan-unfavorite [[The Scrappy|Faile]]. As [http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=386600 The Parody] puts it:
{{quote|'''[[Overprotective Dad|Bashere]]''': Perrin, I must train you in Saldaean ways. You must yell at your wife like this: DEIRA!!! PUNCH!!! NOW!!!
'''Deira''': Yes, dear.
'''Bashere''': But only when she wants you to. Sometimes she wants you to be soft and gentle, like this: I love you, my cuddly little honey-bunny.
'''Deira''': Yes, dear.
'''Bashere''': And sometimes she wants to yell at you, like this:
'''Deira''': DAVRAM!!! MASSAGE MY BACK!!! NOW!!
'''Bashere''': Yes, dear. And sometimes she wants to be soft and gentle with you, like this:
'''Deira''': I will perch on your shoulder, my big, strong rock of a husband.
'''Bashere''': So you see, it's not that hard. Do you know anything about babbling women who don't know what they want?
'''Perrin''': Well, I grew up in the Two Rivers.
'''Bashere''': Oh, you'll be fine. But if you do get anything wrong, I will kill you. }}
** Another example would be a story Thom Merrilin tells Mat. When Tom was young, he encountered a blacksmith's wife whose husband would control who she talked to and beat her up if she so much as looked at other men. Thom gallantly offers to rescue her - and is forced to hastily leave the village when she immediately runs and tells her husband! Thom later finds out that she would control the money, and beat her husband up if he as much as had a single beer at the inn. The moral of the story is to not judge before you have heard both sides.
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