"Try misogynistic," Naomi said, settling in next to the other woman. "You don't need to be polite about it. It's one of the reasons that I left as soon as I could. I went to America on a student Visa, and I never left. My family is very traditional, and I don't think they ever fully approved of my decision. But they were happy enough with my fiance, and he wasn't bad. He'd lived in America for most of his life, too."

But he still expected her to be a housewife and mother and nothing else, and wouldn't have it any other way.

"I've never really traveled. We went to Jamaica once, for a vacation. There just wasn't the time." Not with both of them working. She lit the cigarette and took a drag before passing it over to Arlene.

"Maybe someday."