Goodbye, Columbus Women's Issues Quotes

Neil is the socially conscious young man who reads Mary McCarthy (a writer with strong female characters) and battles racism and discrimination for the boy in the library. Yet he devalues Aunt Gladys's work in the household. It seems to make her happy, but Neil can't imagine that.

Brenda has heard that high heels can make a woman infertile. This, of course, is a myth (one of many when it comes to female bodies). Have you heard it before? When you hear things about reproduction and sex, what resources are available to test the reliability of the information?

By making Neil seem so selfish on the issue of the diaphragm, Roth directs our sympathies to Brenda. To some, this may actually help frame the issue from a female point of view.