“A guy on a bicycle was staring at her so intently he nearly got hit by a bus. ‘Watch out,’ she cried, but the sound was swallowed by the simultaneous blast of the bus driver’s horn. The biker swerved, and the bus just missed him. He slammed into a parked car and was thrown to the pavement.
“Fucking … bitch!” he yelled [at her].”
from When She Woke, Hillary Jordan
That brief moment captures so much. All she has to be doing is just standing there. Just existing. And whatever-the-fuck is her fault.
That’s why men need women: not only as audience and cheerleader, but as scapegoat. If not for women, who would they blame for their many failures?
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