“Some people don’t even label women or girls as ‘women’ or ‘girls.’ Everybody is a ‘female,’” Deena explained. “Everybody is a ‘female,’ no matter how old you are. You’re just a ‘female.’ So, it’s like, okay, you’re not giving us our entitlements. You’re not recognizing us for who we are. . . . Now, you have to have a job, be in school, and have a lot of stuff going for yourself just to be recognized as a good girl, or what they call ‘approachable,’ ‘wifey material,’ and stuff like that. Otherwise, you ain’t really nothing.
