How we cite our quotes: (Part.Section.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"OPEN YOUR EYES!" I roared, "BEFORE I KILL YOU!" and Boss-man did.
He said, You led me on.
He said, You are a prude.
(He was shocked.) He said, You deceived me. He said,
You are a Bad Lady. (8.8.89-93)
When Janet pushes away the Host of the party at Riverside Drive, he berates her for her inappropriate behavior. When Jeannine/Janet tells Bud to take his hands off her, he scolds her for being "uncivil." When Jael tells the Manland Boss that she doesn't want to have sex with him, he ignores her. It's not until she says she's going to kill him that he listens well enough to be offended by her "prudishness" and deception. Why does the novel replay this pattern so many times? What connections is The Female Man drawing between patriarchal conventions, male aggression, and victim-blaming?