... the men are portrayed negatively throughout the book. The book seemed to focus on the negative aspects of the males personalities. "He was famous for drinking Old Grand Dad with a gasoline funnel, and always told Mama never to pull anything cute like getting pregnant." This is all that is said about the main character's father, nothing positive is said about him. Throughout the book, with ... very few exceptions, men are seen as negative influences to women. The second reason the book is sexist is Taylor's unfair stereotyping of men. Throughout the book Taylor doesn't seem ... to give ...

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• Grade Level: High School