"I think it’s a very female trait to want to please men and to want to be considered the Cool Girl. And if you take that to the farthest reach, where you’re actually selling yourself out and degrading yourself by doing things you don’t actually want to do, only in order for this man to think that you do, that’s a very perverse thing."
- Gillian FlynnAmerican novelist Gillian Flynn, who is renowned for her compelling stories, once made a moving observation regarding the difficulties of female identity and social expectations. She discussed how women frequently find themselves in circumstances where they feel pressured to play roles that are expe…