But here was a crucial reason that he’d behaved so brazenly and badly for so long: He did not consider that the women he had tortured, much less the young woman who’d been mutely and nervously watching his performance and trying to steer clear of him, might one day have greater power than he did, however temporary it might be. He hadn’t considered this because in a basic way, he had not thought of us as his equals. That made me angry too.
