Intention of women like us is perceived, not understood.

Be still, my soul: the hour is hastening on, When we shall be forever with the Lord, When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone, Sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored.

The only way out is through the sentence.

The Performance of Obligation

First, someone else fastens the chains. Then she learns to fasten her own. Eventually, she teaches another woman to do the same.