In late 19th-century France, French writer Anatole France found himself sitting at dinner next to one of the new emancipated women of the time. She couldn’t resist preaching at him...
“You know, M. France, women and men have now come so close together in performance and status that there is virtually no difference between us!”
To which M. France raised his champagne glass and said, “Madame, Vive la difference!” Miles Kington, unverified story
Indeed!