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Kathryn

Eat me, Sebastian. It's okay for guys like you and Court to fuck everyone but when I do it, I get dumped for innocent little twits like Cecile. God forbid I exude confidence and enjoy sex.

— Cruel Intentions • 1999

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker objects to a sexual double standard: conduct accepted in men becomes a reason to reject her. Her sarcasm turns confidence and enjoyment into supposed offenses. The contrast with an 'innocent' replacement exposes the unequal expectations she is protesting.

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