ABSTRACT
In the following excerpt from her book Cat’s Eye, Margaret Atwood captures the stark reality of everyday life for many high school girls.
Stunned broad, dog, bag, and bitch are words that apply to girls as well as worse words. I don’t hold these words against them. I know they are another version of pickled ox eyes and snot eating, they’re prove it words boys need to exchange to show they are strong and not to be taken in . . .
