How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
[Mariah] gave [the book] to me. I read the first sentence. "Woman? Very simple, say the fanciers of simple formulas, she is a womb, an ovary; she is female—this word is sufficient to define her." I had to stop. Mariah had completely misinterpreted my situation. My life could not really be explained by this thick book [. . .] (4.54).
Hey, maybe Lucy could use the book to kill bugs. Lucy hints that grand theories about women's oppression in the abstract might sometimes just not be all that useful when it comes to understanding the complexities of an individual's situation.