The quote that I thought stood out the most to me was on page 380, "Throughout history women have been subjected to physical, psychological, verbal, and economic abuse at the hands of men, often those who claim to love them- husbands, lovers, fathers, uncles, brothers. For women, to speak out about sexual abuse is to risk making body and spirit doubly vulnerable, since such violence has often been sanctioned, it impact trivialized. Yet countless women have testified to their own experiences of sexual coercion and those of other women...Writing about sexual abuse is one way that women are fighting back."
This quotation just shows an aspect of why women writers may be hesitant to write and have it published. Writing using their personal experiences involves very deep emotions and discussing these feelings with others makes them more vulnerable. They may feel like they could be attacked again for making her experience public or they could just think of themselves a weaker because it happened. Although it is hard for women to write about, those that do get it down on paper are fighting back. By writing about it, they show their strength and I think that it is a way for women to fight together.
-Jessica Mitchell
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