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Quote #7
She danced with delight, with passion, intoxicated with pleasure, thinking of nothing, in the triumph of her beauty, in the glory of her success, in a sort of cloud of happiness made up of all these tributes, of all the admirations, of all these awakened desires, of this victory so complete and so sweet to a woman's heart. (54)
The narrator seems to be suggesting here that Mathilde's desires – to look glamorous and beautiful and be desired by men – are more generally "woman's" desires. That's what makes women happy and pleases their "womanly hearts." Again, it seems to be entirely stereotyped.
Quote #8
She went away about four in the morning. Since midnight – her husband had been dozing in a little anteroom with three other men whose wives were having a good time. (55)
M. Loisel could care less about the party – he's just happy to have an opportunity to sleep. And he's not the only man in that situation, either. What does that mean? Maybe being a "man" he has different desires than his wife's womanly ones. Or maybe he's not interested in scouting out other men's wives because he's already got an attractive and charming wife of his own. Mathilde, on the other hand, doesn't seem to feel the same way about her husband.
Quote #9
Mme. Loisel seemed aged now. She had become the robust woman, hard and rough, of a poor household. Badly combed, with her skirts awry and her hands red, her voice was loud, and she washed the floor with splashing water. (104)
Once more, we see a connection between wealth and womanhood. According to Maupassant, Mathilde's poverty makes her less feminine. She's less attractive, and less graceful. Instead, she's "hard and rough," and older looking. And apparently has a perpetual bad hair day.