The vision of 'the woman' varies irreconcilably across men (being a masculine thought I suppose and I don't mind being wrong)...took a closer look at Billy Joel's lyrics of '...she's always a woman to me' or Holmes' unusually unflinching deference for Irene Adler ('To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman') and surprisingly found them to be hardly different. One always looks for matching unlikeness. Interesting! It is always wise to keep 'the woman' and 'the beloved' apart...is it?