We walked through the streets with our protectors. We wore our dresses. We gave up our education because that was the price of safety. That was the bargain we made with the devil we knew to escape the devil we didn't.
C.J. Redwine, Deliverance
compromise, domination, fear, female, femininity, feminism, misogyny, oppression, oppressione-patriarcale, patriarchy, womens-rights