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| 8 | 830 | And for what View more quotes about purpose">purpose had I been brought to this world? What, now, was the meaning of my existence? To be pleasing, and serve men! That was now what I was for. |
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| 8 | 827 | Perhaps I must pretend to be their friend? That might be safer. |
| 8 | 828 | And then, in secret, I might woo the men? Would the women suspect? Yes, for they, too, were women! Too, they could certainly tell from the reactions of the men to me. |
| 8 | 829 | But what if I were not fully pleasing, and authentically so, to the men, even before the other women, at all times? Would I not then, again, be in danger of being whipped, or slain? Yes! For a moment, in misery, I did not know what to do! Then I asked myself, who held the power, ultimately? It was the men, of course. |
| 8 | 830 | And for what purpose had I been brought to this world? What, now, was the meaning of my existence? To be pleasing, and serve men! That was now what I was for. |
| 8 | 831 | The men then must protect me from the other women. |
| 8 | 832 | Naturally the other women would be my rivals. |
| 8 | 833 | That was only to be expected. |