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“But today, the fact that we are so proud of girls who excel in math shows how much we still value math, not how much we've come to value girls.”
― Katie Anthony, Feminist Werewolf

“Objectification theory” explained that women and girls are “acculturated to internalize an observer’s perspective as a primary view of their physical selves.” Thus, because society values female bodies primarily for their function and consumption, women and girls are more susceptible to suffering as their bodies change, like during puberty, but also due to pregnancy, weight fluctuation, and aging. This objectification enables discrimination, sexual violence, undervaluing women, and depression, the authors wrote.”
― Allison Yarrow, 90s Bitch: The Real Story of the Women America Loved to Hate

“There is pain in being a sexual object before you are sexually empowered.”
― Katie Anthony, Feminist Werewolf

“Women were expected to be sexual gatekeepers, required to set boundaries for going to bed, and blamed if things went awry.”
― Allison Yarrow, 90s Bitch: The Real Story of the Women America Loved to Hate