Go Set a Watchman Gender Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #1

She still moved like a thirteen-year-old boy and abjured most feminine adornment. (1.54)

Even at twenty-six, Jean Louise is caught between girlhood (and boyhood, in a way) and young womanhood.

Quote #2

"As a general rule, most women, before they've got 'em, present to their men smiling, agreeing faces. They hide their thoughts. You now, when you're feeling hateful, honey, you are hateful." (1.84)

Henry might pretend as if he doesn't like Jean Louise's antagonistic ways, but we bet he wouldn't be interested in her if she were shy and demure and fake like most of Maycomb's young women.

Quote #3

When [Atticus's] daughter was miserable she prowled, and Atticus liked his women to be relaxed, not constantly emptying ashtrays. (2.9)

This is one of two major instances of Atticus showing a bit of misogyny.