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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXI, Issue XXIII, 3 December 1898, Page 739

Why should men be less courteous to their mothers, wives, and sisters, than to other women? That they are so. as a rule, cannot be denied. Courtesy bubbles forth to new acquaintances or guests, but somehow the sauve manner, the habit of thoughtfulness in regard to little things, is not worn in the every-day life in the home circle. A husband of only a fewmonths’ standing is not so careful about offering to his wife the attentions that were always ready for the fiancee. Brothers snub their sisters, and assume dictatorial airs towards their womankind, distinctly at variance with the elegant demeanour in use for other men's sisters.