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I just started this and was feeling a bit bored by the detail of the writing, but then I was hit in the face with this amazing excerpt. Orwell puts the male reader face to face with the perversion behind their misplaced hate for women that won’t sexually engage them.
“He hated her because she was young and pretty and sexless…there was only the odious scarlet sash, aggressive symbol of chastity.”
— Nov 22, 2025 12:00PM
“He hated her because she was young and pretty and sexless…there was only the odious scarlet sash, aggressive symbol of chastity.”
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Claira
is 76% done
The character of Julia and Winston’s behavior concerning women in general has made this book incredibly difficult not to be disgusted by. Very obviously written by a man. Apparently every woman’s chest size needs commented on for legitimately no reason.
— Nov 23, 2025 12:27PM
Claira
is on page 51 of 328
“It struck him as curious that you could create dead men but not living ones.”
— Nov 22, 2025 02:16PM
