In The Country Wife, women are treated as mere objects and are seen by the men in the play as inferior. Sparkish sees Alethea as an object that should be flaunted and is only interested in marrying her for her wealth. Sparkish enjoys the idea of ​​being envied for his wife because he believes that allowing more men to love her and envy him for owning her will increase his worth. Seeing it as something that gains value, Sparkish compares it to a treasure at auction, whose value increases as the number of bidders increases. Furthermore, Mr. Pinchwife does not see his wife as a person because he refuses to let his wife go out and enjoy the sights and wonders of city life and instead keeps her confined to the house. Like Sparkish, Mr. Pinchwife did not marry Margery for love, but as he says he marries her because she is a fool, which will ensure that he does not become a cuckold. Mr. Pinchwife's statement shows that he sees women as objects that influence the status of men depending on whether their wife is faithful or not. While Sir Jasper seems to express women in a positive light when he says, "That noble, sweet, soft, gentle, tame woman, made for man's companion" (II. i.460-461), he reveals that he has a preference of characteristics that make women docile and obedient towards their husbands. As pointed out by Horner, when he says: "So that soft, gentle, gentle, and noblest creature is a spaniel, and has all his tricks: he can flatter, lie down, bear beatings, and flatter still more" (II. i. 462-464), the words Sir Jasper uses to describe women can ideally also be used to describe a dog. The words “domesticated,” “noble,” and “man's companion” (II. i.459-461) dehumanize women because women are compared to the accessory…the center of the card…as an ideal and virtuous women because she is dignified and sees marriage as a form of prostitution, making her a non-sexualized character. Since Eliza is embodied as a perfect woman, she is similar to women in previous works. The country wife is a more ideal representation of what women are because real women are imperfect, and as the play suggests, women should be allowed to be what they want to be instead of allowing others to decide for them. Despite advocating equality between men and women, Pygmalion idolizes flawless women, which contradicts his message of equality. Works Cited Bernard Shaw, George. Pygmalion. First ed. New York: Dover Publications, 1994. Print.Wycherley, William. The Country Wife and Other Comedies. Ed. Peter Dixon, Michael Cordner, Peter Holland and Martin Wiggins. Oxford: Oxford Paperback, 1998. Print.