“You were not my only jailer,” she said. “I’m standing up against everyone who forced my hand: my father; my mother, my sister, a whole society that colludes and agrees that it is morally better for a woman to be chained to a stranger than to be forgiven for leaning in for a kiss. I’m taking a stand against this mortal fear they ingrained in my bones, a fear that something terrible would happen if I refused you.”
