“Scout, I’m tellin’ you for the last time, shut your trap or go home – I declare to the Lord you’re gettin’ more like a girl every day!”
With that, I had no option but to join them.
– Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 6. Jem insults Scout’s gender again, after she protests over him and Dill going to the Radley house at night because she is afraid Boo will kill them. After the insult Scout feels she has no choice but to go along. And they do all get quite a fright.