Girls can wear jeans and cut their hair short and wear shirts and boot…

Ian Mcewan
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Girls can wear jeans and cut their hair short and wear shirts and boots because it's okay to be a boy; for girls it's like promotion. But for a boy to look like a girl is degrading, according to you, because secretly you believe that being a girl is degrading. ✨ Ian McEwan (2010). The Cement Garden, p.48, Random House
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