"The belief that boys won't like books with female protagonists, the shaming that happens — from peers, parents, teachers — when they do, the idea that girls should read about and understand boys but that boys don't have to read about girls, that boys aren't expected to understand and empathize with the female population of the world, this directly leads to a culture that tells boys and men: 'It doesn't matter how a girl feels or what she wants. You don't have to wonder. She is here to please you. She is here to do what you want. No one expects you to have to empathize with girls and women. As far as you need be concerned, they have no interior life.'"