“A woman from the audience asks: ‘Why were there so few women among the Beat writers?’ and [Gregory] Corso, suddenly utterly serious,… — Stephen Scobie Electric shock Copy Share Image
![“A woman from the audience asks: ‘Why were there so few women among the Beat writers?’ and [Gregory] Corso, suddenly utterly serious, leans forward and says: “There were women, they were there, I knew them, their families put them in institutions, they were given electric shock. In the ’50s if you…” quote by Stephen Scobie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/560/stephen-scobie-119593_electric-shock_a-woman-from-the-audience-asks-why-were_770882.jpg)