Their panopticon mothers. They never let them out of their sight for long. Admonishing them to be good, to behave. And perhaps one got married to escape one's childhood, one's family. To escape one's mother. For a sense of adventure. Through marriage, not war or kingmaking. And then to find oneself right back in, perhaps worse. The husband is also a father. To act out—what does that even mean? It sounds suspiciously like acting (as oppposed to being passive, a doll). Created as characters. They learn to play a role. The spastic girls.
