How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
Will never understand what women want. What do they want? They eat green salad and drink human blood. (2.94)
On some level, Herzog knows that he's ignorant about what women want. But instead of giving him an open mind, this realization just makes him think worse of women, thinking that they look prim and proper (eat salad) but are vicious animals deep down (drink human blood).
Quote #8
"I know Mady is a b****. And maybe you think I never wanted to kick Phoebe in the ass. That klippa! But that's the female nature." (2.231)
Like Herzog, Val Gersbach is certain that he has figured out what all women are like deep down. This unfortunate fact tends to steer the book as a whole toward a negative view of women, now that Herzog has a second person to confirm his prejudices.
Quote #9
Her face was gay and round, pink, the blue of her eyes was clear. Very different from the terrifying menstrual ice of her rages, the look of the murderess. (2.248)
In case we hadn't gotten the point yet, Herzog has some pretty harsh things to say about women. For starters, he hates the way the can look so beautiful on the outside while being so cruel on the inside. The fact that he blames this evil on women's "menstrual ice" just goes to show how he thinks that even on a biological level, women are cruel.