The message about sex and relationships that she had gotten as a child ... was confused, contradictory. Sex was for men, and marriage, like lifeboats, was for women and children.

• 她所知道的有关性和关系的信息就像一个小孩子---是困惑的，对立的。男人只有性，而结婚对于女人和小孩就像救生艇。