from simone de beauvoir's "the second sex"

Precisely because the concept of femininity is artificially shaped by custom and fashion, it is imposed upon each woman from without...The woman who does not conform devalues herself sexually and hence socially, since sexual values are an integral feature of society...when one fails to adhere to an accepted code, one becomes an insurgent.

Unfortunately, not everyone can take God as a lover: she has to please men if she is to succeed in her life as a woman.
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exams are coming
i am making one paper crane every day
there are exactly two weeks till i get to drive home