" You know how selfish that sounds right?” he says.
“Why?” I turn back to him. “Because men always get what they want? Why should I have to give you more?”
“So how is it fair that I give you exactly what you want and I don’t get what I want?”
“What haven’t I given you? Think long and hard before you answer, because you came your brains out last night.”
“I—”
“Yeah. It’s simple gender inequality, my guy,” I say in that voice Brooklyn always does to make me laugh.
“I still don't follow.”
“Men expect certain things and usually they get them, but I say fuck that. I almost never get what I want in life. I get some things, but almost everything, even the shit I work really hard for? I know I would get even more if I were a man. Especially a white man.”

(pp. 190-191, Kindle Edition) "

― Rebekah Weatherspoon , Sanctuary (Beards and Bondage, #2)