Something about the way Uncle Travis looked at me was scary, and then I realized what it was. He resembled his father physically, the way many sons do, but the way he resembled Paw Paw the most was in his attitude toward females. Charm them, use them, beat them, throw them away, take them back, kill them. It was all the same; females were a man’s property, to do with as he saw fit.

~ Tupelo Honey Lee, Sewing Holes, by Darlyn Finch Kuhn