"I have no intention of making any of you feel discriminated against, no more than identifying within you what the feeling is like.
"It sucks. It makes you angry. It makes you frustrated. Like standing in front of a couple of guys who consider you worthless and won't listen to anything you say because you're a woman.
"In Borogravia, a woman isn't allowed to read or write. They cannot inherit property or businesses, or dress in boy's clothes. If we violated that, we were locked up in workhouses and kept forever as slaves.
"Yet when we broke the rules, we made just as good leaders, or soldiers, or politicians."
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timeasmymeasure
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Date: 2014-01-28 12:01 am (UTC)"I have no intention of making any of you feel discriminated against, no more than identifying within you what the feeling is like.
"It sucks. It makes you angry. It makes you frustrated. Like standing in front of a couple of guys who consider you worthless and won't listen to anything you say because you're a woman.
"In Borogravia, a woman isn't allowed to read or write. They cannot inherit property or businesses, or dress in boy's clothes. If we violated that, we were locked up in workhouses and kept forever as slaves.
"Yet when we broke the rules, we made just as good leaders, or soldiers, or politicians."