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Date Posted: 12:44:50 01/21/08 Mon
Author: LadyKyla
Subject: See inside
In reply to: JessieR and CatherineM 's message, " Mini Reread Topic for January 2008: The Bonds (or lack thereof) of Sisterhood " on 22:40:12 01/15/08 Tue

I don't really post much on the boards, just lurk, I found this topic of discussion to be really interesting because I have noticed the lack thereof of sisterhood and female friendships in the Books and wondered about this. I am the type of person who gets along well with other women-I have a close-knit group of three or four girlfriends I have known since primary school whom I have a strong relationship with based on shared memories and past experiences, as well as a similarity in lifestyle and mutual respect and affection...I think that the fact that Claire does not share any of these things with any other women contributes to the fact that she does not have a lot of female friends. She doesn't have girlfriends whom she's grown up with, who helped her through hard times, and there is really no women whom she really has very much in common with. I also think that it's harder to develop close female relationships outside the family as you grow older because women are somehow programmed for their primary allegiance and loyalty to be to their husbands, and their family. The center of Claire's world is Jamie, and then of course Bree, they meet all of her needs.

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[> Just one comment re: Claire and female friendships. Claire was already somewhat disadvantaged here due to her unusual upbringing, her experience "thru the stones", etc. What really put paid to it, I think , was her medical training. When Claire went into medicine it was still unusual, and quite difficult, to be a woman doctor. And a surgeon - unheard of, largly speaking. She had no peers, and even if there had been another woman she could see as a potential friend, Frank made things difficult at home, at least initially. There was only school and Brianna. Medical training then was really rigorous and very unforgiving of personal needs, such as child care. There was just no time for friendship in her life, beyond the quick camaraderie of the OR or ward, and always with men, which reinforced her natural tendencies. -- jayne johnson, 14:48:26 01/21/08 Mon


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