Elena didn't look up. She watched the bubbles rise in her drink, tiny spheres of air escaping a liquid tomb. "Let them talk," she said, her voice like crushed velvet. "A label is just a way for cowards to categorize things they’re afraid to understand. If being a 'wife' means being a ghost, then I’d rather be exactly what they call me."
This double bind is exhausting. It teaches women that their natural sexuality is dangerous. It teaches men that they cannot desire their wives. The marriage becomes a theater where both partners are acting—her pretending to be desireless, him pretending to be satisfied. la esposa puta
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