"Still, the fact that many women through the ages have told their stories of unfulfilled desire indicates that expressing frustration in love has never been the literary prerogative of the male writer alone." (pg 380)
I was drawn to this quote because I never realized how true this really is. We have discussed in class how women writers are considered to be more emotional than their male counterparts, but this quote really drives that idea home. As women, we are seen to dwell on our frustrations in love. Men, not so much. We use writing as an outlet to express those frustrations. So is that a reason that women are downgraded? Because of how they feel?
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