The Myth of the Difficult Woman

Every woman who has ever been called difficult was simply refusing to make herself smaller.

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Zoe HarrisonOpinion editor and cultural commentator.
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Every woman who has ever been called difficult was simply refusing to make herself smaller. The label is a tool of control, and it is time to reclaim it.

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