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| 48 | 341 | And then, at a word, or glance, or curt View more quotes about gesture">gesture, when one is weary or has heard enough, or merely at one's whim, one may simply silence them, and put them to their knees. |
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| 48 | 338 | What better to convince a female of her status as property, and animal? Women speak lyrically and beautifully. |
| 48 | 339 | How marvelous they are! And how pleasant it is to hear them speak. |
| 48 | 340 | And how delighted they are to speak. |
| 48 | 341 | And then, at a word, or glance, or curt gesture, when one is weary or has heard enough, or merely at one's whim, one may simply silence them, and put them to their knees. |
| 48 | 342 | They well know then that there is a collar on their throat. |
| 48 | 343 | And yet, interestingly, in her very resentment and helplessness, this suffuses her with pleasure. |
| 48 | 344 | This is a reassuring confirmation of the male's total dominance over her which she as a female needs and craves, and without which she cannot know herself a woman. |