“Poor Sasha. Poor girls. The world fattens them on the promise of love. How badly they need it, and how little most of them will ever get. The treacled pop songs, the dresses described in the catalogs with words like 'sunset' and 'Paris.' Then the dreams are taken away with such violent force; the hand wrenching the buttons of the jeans, nobody looking at the man shouting at his girlfriend on the bus” FeminismExpectationsGirlsSexismSocial Commentary Book:The Girls Source: The Girls
“Adults always teased me about having boyfriends, but there was an age where it was no longer a joke, the idea that boys might actually want you.” Growing UpFeminismGirlsSexism Book:The Girls Source: The Girls