Societal forces that exploit and oppress females

The Church

Patriarchal society

Poverty

The committee

The doctors

Lack of education

Women must sacrifice

Suppressing voices

Sexual exploitation

Trauma/PTSD

Sacrificing for others

Financial benefit

Stigma about sex

The female as seductress

Financial benefit

Entirely patriarchal

Lack of protection of the young

Victim blaming

"Wasn't it so often the girl - no matter how young - who got blamed for having incited her molester with a look?" (261-262)

Occupation and discrimination by a foreign force

Inciting fear

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Women are "hysterical"

In an impoverished society with societal power imbalances including a patriarchal power structure and a puritanical attitude to sex, opportunities to exploit women will lead to their oppression and even, in extreme cases, to death.