How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"For boys, maybe. Not for girls. Girls ain't supposed to cuss at all."
"That's a stupid rule. Either everybody cusses or nobody cusses." (3.17-18)
When Hollister first meets Jamie, he's not expecting to be put in his place. She gives him a run for his money, though, playing cards and chatting. Jamie won't be told there are different rules for her because she's a girl. If the guys get to cuss, she should be allowed to talk like a sailor, too.
Quote #5
Private Hollister took a second to write down our scores. "Well, (a) for one thing, you're a girl, and a lot of girls couldn't handle being around GIs all the time without getting all silly and giggly and just acting dumb about it. (3.24)
Check out how Hollister qualifies what he thinks specifically because Jamie is a girl. Hey, it's okay for him to hang out at the rec center, and for other dudes to, too, but girls have a tough time in a man cave. It's not somewhere you normally come across women. He's not rude to her or anything, but he makes it clear that a girl on an army base hanging with the guys is rare.
Quote #6
She thought it was inappropriate for a girl my age, on the very edge of womanhood, to play pool and spend Sunday afternoons in a smoke-filled room alongside young soldiers who were not above using colorful language if the situation called for it. (3.28)
Her mom isn't a fan of the idea of Jamie spending all her time around the soldiers because she's a girl, so luckily the Colonel sees no problem with it, enabling Jamie to hang at the rec center like she wants to. Her mom's protests help us understand the expectations for men and women at this time.