While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman.
Meaning of the quote
This quote suggests that one man is not enough to satisfy the needs of one woman, just as a single rooster is not enough to care for ten hens. The author is making a humorous comparison between the needs of animals and the needs of people in relationships. The quote implies that women have greater sexual desires than men, which was a common belief during the time period the author lived in.
About Giovanni Boccaccio
Giovanni Boccaccio was an influential Italian writer and Renaissance humanist, best known for his work The Decameron. He is considered one of the “Three Crowns” of Italian literature, along with Dante and Petrarch, and is credited as a pioneer of the Italian literary tradition.
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