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Every woman knows what I'm talking about. It’s the presumption that makes it hard, at times, for any woman in any field; that keeps women from speaking up and from being heard when they dare; that crushes young women into silence by indicating, the way harassment on the street does, that this is not their world. It trains us in self-doubt and self-limitation just as it exercises men’s unsupported overconfidence.Rebecca Solnit
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Janice rolled her eyes. First, the doctor had ogled her, and now Karr was leering at her and licking his lips lasciviously." Oh this is great. I'm being mentally undressed by a space pirate.William L. Lavell