SOURCE: "Catatonia and Femininity in Oates's Do with Me What You Will," in International Journal of Women's Studies, Vol. 6, No. 3, May/June, 1983, pp. 208-15.
In the following essay, Stout discusses the motif of passivity in Do with Me What You Will as a key element of stereotypical femininity.
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