How we cite our quotes: (Part.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"And God made Eve from the rib of Adam." (1.331)
Momma believes that women should be subjugated to men. She believes that men make women weak and wicked. But she thinks this is women's rightful place in the world; women, according to Margaret, are fundamentally evil. No wonder it scares her so much when Carrie starts to develop some personal power of her own, including a more mature sexuality and telekinesis. Both of these assets give her some control over men.
Quote #5
"Unfortunately, Ewen [High] is staffed completely by men in its administration wing. I don't believe they have any real conception of how utterly nasty what you did was." (1.420)
Miss Desjardin takes it upon herself, as a woman, to punish the school bullies in a way that will actually affect them: she revokes their prom privileges. Unfortunately, her punishment doesn't come to pass for many of the girls. She gets overruled by the men in charge. Go ahead and shake those feminist fists, Shmoopers. Now's a good time.
Quote #6
"The boys would tease Carrie for a little white and then forget, but the girls… it went on and on and on and I can't even remember where it started any more." (1.582)
Sue seems to believe that girls make for even nastier bullies than boys… or, at least, girls take bullying harder than boys do. Do you think she has a point?