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| 27 | 1363 | They can see to it that we are well View more quotes about reminded">reminded that we are slaves, that our condition is abject, that we are vulnerable, that we are helpless, that we are rightless, that we are banded chattels, that we are now no more than animals. |
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| 27 | 1360 | And sometimes men force us to experience our own worthlessness, particularly if we are women taken from the enemy, or despised barbarians, good only for servile labors and collar pleasures. |
| 27 | 1361 | Men can enjoy humiliating us. |
| 27 | 1362 | They can see to it easily enough that we burn with shame. |
| 27 | 1363 | They can see to it that we are well reminded that we are slaves, that our condition is abject, that we are vulnerable, that we are helpless, that we are rightless, that we are banded chattels, that we are now no more than animals. |
| 27 | 1364 | They can well enforce upon us a recollection of our meaninglessness and degradation. |
| 27 | 1365 | At their hands we are trained and dominated. |
| 27 | 1366 | But, is it strangely, we can find a fittingness, and a reassurance and comfort in being despised, in being demeaned, in performing humble tasks, the scrubbing of a floor, the polishing of boots, the tidying of a room, the laundering of a tunic, the bringing of the master's sandals to him, crawling, in our teeth. |