In The House on Mango Street, many of the women in Esperanza's neighborhood rely on men to improve their lives, but in the process, give up their freedom to these men.

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"And then Rafaela, who is still young but getting old from leaning out the window so much, gets locked indoors because her husband is afraid Rafaela will run away since she is too beautiful to look at."

"In the movies there is always one with red red lips who is beautiful and cruel. She is the one who drives the men crazy and laughs them all away. Her power is her own. She will not give it away."

"I have begun my own quiet war. Simple. Sure. I am one who leaves the table like a man, without putting back the chair or picking up the plate."

"…but I have decided not to grow up tame like the others who lay their necks on the threshold waiting for the ball and chain."

"Sally got married like we knew she would….She sits at home because she is afraid to go outside without his permission. She looks at all the things they own…"