A brilliant quote of the day from Jill at I Blame the Patriarchy:
She grasps that, as a member of the sex class, she exists continuously in a state of pre-porn. She understands that she is only allowed to wear tank tops when she is “alone in [her] apartment.” That’s because, in public, she will be judged by Dude Nation’s occupying forces and their collaborators, all of whom have exacting (but ever-fluctuating) standards with which members of the sex class, who ceaselessly walk a fine line between virgin and whore, must comply.
McCain’s mistake is in momentarily forgetting this detail and imagining herself to enjoy fully-human status.
