“The women on The Bachelor shows aren't interested in marriage except as a certificate of completion; proof that they've become what a girl is still expected to become. What they're looking for is the chance to embark on the singular adventure they've read about and seen acted in movie after movie…”Tagged: the bachelor, Women, feminism, Marriage, gender roles
“Romantic love is a mirror in which you can see your whole self pleasantly reflected, if you're lucky. Or it's a dark mirror into which you can disappear.”Tagged: Women, feminism, Marriage
“A woman’s education was designed to coax her to sleep at sixteen and keep her unchanged and unconscious forever. It was an undoing. It wasn’t a start but a “finishing”.”Tagged: Women, feminism, Marriage