"So I have gathered," she replied, her tone laced with judgement. While in her heart she knew she was a proponent for such evolutions in culture, especially when it came to the role of women, she had been raised in a certain way and often had to fight immediate disgust towards the way things had changed. More often than not, she found herself walking a fine line of being offended and enchanted by the more modern women she had encountered in the town.

"And you..." her tone softened though, less offended and more curious, because she really did wonder. "You intend to marry such a woman? I know it must be a rather impertinent question, but... You find a lack of femininity to be attractive in a woman?"