So, I just read Thank-you, Jeeves this morning and, well, it seems that Jeeves is not always 100% successful with other employers. Mr. Stoker, for example, does not seem to like the way he talks at all, and in Ring for Jeeves, he makes a few blunders. Shocking. Deeply shocking to my tender sensiblities
I completely agree that intelligent women seem not to like Jeeves's influence over Bertie, but they also (in the books) seem more upset because he has ideas above his station more than that they have less influence over Bertie (because that's certainly not the case). Aunt Agatha gets upset because Jeeves is totally not an invisible valet.
I also totally agree that Aunt Dahlia is not interested in Bertie
But then other women (like Pauline Stoker and Jill in Ring for Jeeves, Rosie M. Banks, and Bobbie Wickham) all really like Jeeves... and they kind of are all perfectly OK with Bertie (even if they think he's a bit stupid). And these women are totally not unintelligent. What do you think about the idea that these intelligent women don't like intellectual competition?
Huh... or maybe it's the molding? The intelligent women realize they can't mold Bertie as long as Jeeves is protecting him?
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So, I just read Thank-you, Jeeves this morning and, well, it seems that Jeeves is not always 100% successful with other employers. Mr. Stoker, for example, does not seem to like the way he talks at all, and in Ring for Jeeves, he makes a few blunders. Shocking. Deeply shocking to my tender sensiblities
I completely agree that intelligent women seem not to like Jeeves's influence over Bertie, but they also (in the books) seem more upset because he has ideas above his station more than that they have less influence over Bertie (because that's certainly not the case). Aunt Agatha gets upset because Jeeves is totally not an invisible valet.
I also totally agree that Aunt Dahlia is not interested in Bertie
But then other women (like Pauline Stoker and Jill in Ring for Jeeves, Rosie M. Banks, and Bobbie Wickham) all really like Jeeves... and they kind of are all perfectly OK with Bertie (even if they think he's a bit stupid). And these women are totally not unintelligent. What do you think about the idea that these intelligent women don't like intellectual competition?
Huh... or maybe it's the molding? The intelligent women realize they can't mold Bertie as long as Jeeves is protecting him?
Confused.