“I miss you, sister," he say. "I miss me too," she say. Always too clever but not clever enough to know when to blow out that wick so she don't shine too bright around a man, even if the man be her brother.” MenWomenGenderWitMisogynySistersClevernessBrothersGender RelationsSmarts Book:Black Leopard, Red Wolf Source: Black Leopard, Red Wolf
“Last time I walk these roads a man of good breeding pay five man to steal me so he can show me what an ugly woman was for. Right there in Torobe. Couldn't beat him wife because she from royal blood, so he bond me for that." "Kongori masters have always been cruel." "Low-wit donkey, the man was not my master, he was my kidnapper. A man would know the difference." "You could have run to a prefect." "A man." "A magistrate." "A man." "An elder with a kind ear, an inquisitor, a seer." "Man. Man. Man.” MenWomenJusticeGenderMisogynyGender BiasPower DynamicsGender Relations Book:Black Leopard, Red Wolf Source: Black Leopard, Red Wolf
“Men and their cursed arrogance. You curse, you shit, you wail, you beat women. But all you really do is take up space. As men always do, they cannot help themselves.” MenGenderArroganceMisogynyGender RelationsManspreadingTaking Up Space Book:Black Leopard, Red Wolf Source: Black Leopard, Red Wolf