“The disorder is more common in women."
Note the construction of that sentence. They did not write, "The disorder is more common in women." It would still be suspect, but they didn't bother trying to cover their tracks.
Many disorders, judging by the hospital population, were more commonly diagnosed in women. Take, for example, "compulsive promiscuity."
How many girls do you think a seventeen-year-old boy would have to screw to earn the label "compulsively promiscuous"? Three? No, not enough. Six? Doubtful. Ten? That seems more likely. Probably in the fifteen-to-twenty range, would be my guess - if they ever put that label on boys, which I don't recall their doing....
In the list of six "potentially self-damaging" activities favored by the borderline personality, three are commonly associated with women (shopping sprees, shoplifting, and eating binges) and one with men (reckless driving). One is not "gender specific," as they say these days (psychoactive substance abuse). And the definition of the other (casual sex) is in the eye of the beholder.”
― Girl, Interrupted
Note the construction of that sentence. They did not write, "The disorder is more common in women." It would still be suspect, but they didn't bother trying to cover their tracks.
Many disorders, judging by the hospital population, were more commonly diagnosed in women. Take, for example, "compulsive promiscuity."
How many girls do you think a seventeen-year-old boy would have to screw to earn the label "compulsively promiscuous"? Three? No, not enough. Six? Doubtful. Ten? That seems more likely. Probably in the fifteen-to-twenty range, would be my guess - if they ever put that label on boys, which I don't recall their doing....
In the list of six "potentially self-damaging" activities favored by the borderline personality, three are commonly associated with women (shopping sprees, shoplifting, and eating binges) and one with men (reckless driving). One is not "gender specific," as they say these days (psychoactive substance abuse). And the definition of the other (casual sex) is in the eye of the beholder.”
― Girl, Interrupted
“I stumbled out into the courtyard to try to flee my misery, but of course we can never flee the misery that is within us.”
― Memoirs of a Geisha
― Memoirs of a Geisha
“How dare you say it's nothing to me?
Baby, you're the only light I ever saw.”
― Continuum Music by John Mayer Guitar Tablature Songbook | Rock Guitar Sheet Music Book for Students Teachers and Adult Learners | Authentic TAB Arrangements for Practice Lessons Performance and Study
Baby, you're the only light I ever saw.”
― Continuum Music by John Mayer Guitar Tablature Songbook | Rock Guitar Sheet Music Book for Students Teachers and Adult Learners | Authentic TAB Arrangements for Practice Lessons Performance and Study
“The world didn't stop because we weren't in it anymore.”
― Girl, Interrupted
― Girl, Interrupted
“She paints her face to hide her face. Her eyes are deep water. It is not for Geisha to want. It is not for geisha to feel. Geisha is an artist of the floating world. She dances, she sings. She entertains you, whatever you want. The rest is shadows, the rest is secret.”
― Memoirs of a Geisha
― Memoirs of a Geisha
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