How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"He should have killed you rather than let you come up here—and to me, of all people! God in Heaven!" (36.194)
Rhett thinks Ashley should have killed Scarlett rather than letting her go to Atlanta to try to get money out of him. A real man kills a woman rather than see her marry or sleep with someone he doesn't want her to marry or sleep with. Rhett's not really a moral beacon, in case you hadn't noticed.
Quote #8
"Scarlett, the mere fact that you've made a success of your mill is an insult to every man who hasn't succeeded." (38.112)
Again, Margaret Mitchell was a very successful woman, just like Scarlett. The contempt for the envy and littleness of men here seems to come from the heart.
Quote #9
"Oh, dear, this is my only chance to know what a bad house looks like and now you are mean enough not to tell me!" (46.38)
Mrs. Meade, a virtuous woman, wants to know how bad women live. The novel says that this is true of all virtuous women. Upper-class white women in the South were supposed to be good and pure and above such things, but Mitchell suggests that the purity is artificial or enforced; women are as curious and interested in sex as men are. If you prevent them from talking about it, that doesn't make them less interested. Quite the contrary.