Red Harvest Women and Femininity Quotes

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Quote #10

"Every time I mention killing, you jump on me. You're a woman. You think if nothing's said about it, maybe none of the God only knows how many people in town who might want to will kill you. That's silly." (20.70)

The Op uses a slightly misogynistic, infantilizing tone towards Dinah when she admits to being scared that Whisper is out to kill her. The Op seems to think that because she's a woman, she's acting jittery and flighty. But Dinah's fears weren't at all unfounded because later that night she is brutally murdered.