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1 " I think I’m owed consideration and pleasure. Otherwise what’s the point, but that's how consent works. I told you what I wanted and you agreed. You can say no. We can talk about it, we can negotiate. If we can't come to terms, we don't have to sleep together. It's that simple."(p. 192, Kindle Edition) "
― Rebekah Weatherspoon , Sanctuary (Beards and Bondage, #2)
2 " 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) "
3 " means. I try not to roll my eyes. I remember women like me can’t scream at women like her. I can’t grab her by the shoulders and shake her until she listens. I need to cooperate. I need her on my side. I’m already in the negative with her. My build, my skin—shit, even my voice. Brooklyn and I both, since we hit puberty, have deep and raspy voices that can carry across a few rooms. Those Lewis girls sure pack a presence. To the detective, I’ve already been hysterical. To D.A. Flora Rivers, the next step paints me as someone who overreacts, the step beyond that means I’m unreasonable, then hostile and then I’m the one getting arrested.(p. 35) Kindle Edition. "