SECTION III: Pages 107-144 Summary

The Refusers is a poem celebrating the girls and women who have stood up for their beliefs and spoken out, who have been killed in their pursuit of freedom, in their pursuit of emancipation.

Next, the positive aspects of being a girl are itemized. The list includes "Girls can create a life" and "girls are tender".

A girl voices her concerns about asking her boyfriend to use a condom. She is scared he will leave, won't call her again. But she bravely asks, and he is cool with it. He has one. Turns out this is the first time for both of them and they fumble their way through it together.

Would you rather picks up its third installment and the girl still avoids answering her friend's questions. She gets increasingly upset and voices that she doesn't...