A source of frustration for the women throughout the book was the unwillingness of white women in the Feminist Movement to educate themselves about the lives and cultures of the Third World women living and advocating right around them. While they themselves knew all about the lives of white women, because the culture they lived in was all about them, they were constantly confronted with the seeming unwillingness of white women to reciprocate and learn about their culture. Instead of buying books or listening to music, befriending women of color or giving them positions of leadership that would allow them to affect the Movement in a way that would serve them, they would invite them as token guests on occasion to panel discussions, and consider that enough.