not only is that a pretty perfect way to end an authors note but also a perfect way to sum up this little story. 

for me it’s a representation pf the horrors some women have to surprise in with men so obsessed with a woman’s purity, selflessness and virginity that the men should be locked up in psych wards and heavily medicated to keep the rest of society save.


the story is beautifully written a great mixture of whimsical and horror -which yes is a bit of a strange thing to say but fits the story and the myth too. 

it’s a great way into the author as well  mythical retelling of the more feminist or honestly just women point of view - since as the author also points out: in the original texts most women didn’t speak many didn’t even have names because why would they need those things?!


highly recommend this!