Supportiveness

"Unlike in any number of other gender dystopias, most men don’t oppress women because they hate or fear them, but because they can’t empathize enough to love them when it becomes inconvenient."

~ http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/20/7424951/does-the-handmaids-tale-hold-up-dystopia-feminism-fiction

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"None of the girls ever win," she says. "Keep trying," I say in a supportive, upbeat refrain. Because I do want her to keep trying."

~ http://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a40720/daughter-student-council/