Tended to be studied only as the background condition of other phenomena

Tended to be studied only as the background condition of other phenomena

"Yes!" Ward said, banging her hand on a desk. "Because this shit happens over and over and over, with every generation. Every generation of women has their epiphanic moment where they realize this shit is not worth it. Every generation of women has the icon who burns all the man's stuff. And so part of the tragedy is we don't learn." from If Hetero Relationships Are So Bad, Why Do Women Go Back for More? [The Cut; ungated]