'Tis forever women leaping to condemn each other, she reflected. She wondered why that was. Women posed dangers to one another that they somehow do not pose to men.

-The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe

So true! Over the years I continue to feel perplexed by this. I understand why this happens...it makes a lot of sense. It actually makes less sense when a woman does not betray her gender. Still, it makes me sad.