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| 1 | 448 | Where men were not men how could I be a View more quotes about woman">woman? I tried to gather my thoughts together, to control myself, to think clearly. |
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| 1 | 445 | They were nothing, or had been made so. |
| 1 | 446 | Those I was familiar with, those with whom I commonly associated, were refined, effete, tentative, weak, apologetic, reluctant, well-trained, correct, embarrassed by their sex, taught to suspect it, if not despise it, so concerned they were to conform to the required stereotypes of the lubricated, well-tooled, socially acceptable interchangeable part, to whom sex and nature were irrelevant, even inimical, as they might threaten the functioning of the great, shiny beast, the immense machine, sharp-eyed and vigilant, like a vast, jealous, carefully constructed, watchful metal cat. |
| 1 | 447 | How swiftly that metal paw might reach out and strike any small, scurrying errant creature, should it presume to be careless of its assigned, tiny proprieties. |
| 1 | 448 | Where men were not men how could I be a woman? I tried to gather my thoughts together, to control myself, to think clearly. |
| 1 | 449 | I was afraid I might fall. |
| 1 | 450 | I sank to my knees, on the carpet beside the bed, my head down. |
| 1 | 451 | How secure and stable is such a posture! I must think clearly. |