Challenge: sexism
Word Count: 100
“Why do you stay with him, Mum?” Severus, all of fifteen and full of rage at the world, sat down carefully on the very edge of his chair. “The drink, the rage – you were a gobstones champ. A potion expert. Da does nothing but work, drink, and scream. Why are you – why are we – still here with him?”
Eileen closed her eyes. She'd known this was coming, and dreaded it. “Our world – it's not easy to be a woman. There are powerful witches, yes, but tradition - “
“Sod tradition, this is our lives!”