Yes they do! One thing I didn't get around to mentioning in the book was use of the N-word. It only comes up once, and it's not directed at any person of color; it's used as a byword for person working hard at thankless labor. It was very weird and interesting to see it used at all, but especially used that way.

The all girls' dance sounds fascinating--no men at all in the story, then? No callers or dating?