"There's more to this than a simplistic idea that sexually free and flirty young women will excite men and arouse feelings of jealousy among women, although that's certainly a cereal point. For one thing, the gender divide is not absolute – the other main female character is not irrationally hateful towards the young woman, while the older generation, both male and female, wish to persecute her. It's less about a fear of female sexuality as it is about the way the old resent the young because of their vibrancy, their energy and their beauty." - David Flint, The Reprobate