But then you hear that he can't hear you, you see that he can't see you. You are not here--and you haven't even died yet. You see yourself through his eyes, as The Generic Woman, the skirted symbol on the ladies' room door.

Melissa Bank
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In the book, The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath describes a young girl's anxiety as she deals with the realization that her boyfriend doesn't recognize her as a person. She says, "But then you hear that he can't hear you, you see that he can't see you. You are not here--and you haven't even died yet. You see yourself through his eyes, as The Generic Woman, the skirted symbol on the ladies' room door." It is easy to be overlooked by people who are not aware of our existence or who don't care about what we have to say.

But when someone does pay attention to us, they become our entire world. We can make them notice by doing something like writing poetry or starting a conversation about books or music that means something to us. We can make them listen to us by speaking with confidence and honesty; we can make them care about us by making them laugh or smile.

Source: The Girls Guide To Hunting And Fishing

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