Instead of working together and helping each other, women compete against each other for the ultimate prize: a man's love and social position of a man. Society does not give women many privileges unless they give up their freedom for a man, but not when they give up their freedom for a woman. Mothers and loved ones are socially accepted and receive economic security. When a woman walks down the street, she will be cat-called while she is alone or with other women, but will be left alone if she is with her man. Lesbians do not receive these privileges because they have “…little interest in maintaining the current political system as all its institutions – church, state, media, healthcare, schools – work to keep it in check.” (Page