How we cite our quotes: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
I detest the part [of the Bible] where Lot offered his own virgin daughters to the rabble of sinners. [...] What kind of a trade is that? And his poor wife, of course, got turned to a pillar of salt. (1.3.21)
We'd never call Rachel Price a feminist, but at least she's not too ditzy to see the unequal way that the women of the Bible are sometimes treated.
Quote #2
Women are expected to wear just the one style of garment and no other. But the men, now that is a course of a different color. (1.5.2)
Forgiving Rachel's malapropism here ("horse," not "course"), she makes a keen observation about gender norms in Kilanga: they're not that different from gender norms in the not-too-distant past of American culture. (Fun fact: now it's about the opposite. Women can almost wear whatever they want—pants, skirts, overalls, rompers—while men are stuck to a diverse wardrobe of … pants or shorts.)
Quote #3
"Sending a girl to college is like pouring water in your shoes. [...] It's hard to say which is worse, seeing it run out and waste the water, or seeing it hold in and wreck the shoes." (1.8.7)
Yikes. This is some pretty nasty sexism coming from Nathan Price, the father of four girls. Why the bad attitude? Does he feel threatened by them? And what would he say to women attending graduate schools?