# Quote — Colette Dowling, The Frailty Myth

> If girls could do nothing else in this world, they were supposed to be able to keep their blood from showing.

- Author: [Colette Dowling](https://www.leafyquotes.com/colette-dowling.md)
- Book: [The Frailty Myth](https://www.leafyquotes.com/colette-dowling/the-frailty-myth.md)
- Page: 40
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Colette_Dowling#The_Frailty_Myth:_Women_Approaching_Physical_Equality_(2000)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/colette-dowling/the-frailty-myth/if-girls-could

## More from this book

> Female physical frailty is not a reality but a myth with an agenda.

p. 213 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/colette-dowling/the-frailty-myth/female-physical-frailty.md)