“Imagine she was your daughter.”
No. Stop needing to imagine every woman as your daughter, sister, wife, or mother before you treat her like a human being. She shouldn’t have to be related to you to deserve dignity or respect. Just develop basic human empathy.
The kindest thing literature does is remind you that your peculiar little feelings have always existed. Someone, in some century, was equally confused by love, bored by society, tired of performing, and hungry for meaning.