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In this quote, Florens’s mother describes her view of womanhood just after describing her brutal gang rape at the orders of D’Ortega. Florens’s mother states that “to be female in this place”— in other words, female identity itself under D’Ortega’s rule— is “to be an open wound that cannot heal.” Florens’s mother describes this womanhood as an infected gash, stating “even if scars form, the festering is ever below.” In other words, Florens’s mother implies that the trauma that defines female identity, especially as a slave, can never be fully healed, leaving women perpetually revisiting their pain. Florens’s mother’s descriptions…