"The Country Wife"

When I first started reading “The Country Wife” I honestly was confused. I knew what was going on but couldn’t grasp my mind around the concept that people believed Horner’s “secret” of being a eunuch. The men believed him and trusted him with their wives, and the women agreed to Horner’s idea without hesitation. There’s one thing if you want to be a “ladies man” but it’s another if you have to lie to get what you want. Horner is only excited by this plan because it the hunt. He wants to change men into cuckolds and gets very excited when he sees the competition and anger that arises between the men because of him. The women in this situation do not get jealous when they find out that Horner is sleeping around with other wives, they simply get even. They ban together and go up against him by saying they’re done being with him. His secret plan shows that men and women react very differently. Men get competitive and go against one another while women stick together and support one cause.
Shopping and gambling I believe go hand and hand with sex. All three are addictions that involve risking something. With shopping and gambling, you are risking your money and with sex you could risk your heart. Because Horner is a ladies’ man, he receives a risk factor every time he sleeps with another man’s wife.