“Autonomy means women defining themselves and the values by which they will live, and beginning to think of institutional arrangements which will order their environment in line with their needs.... Autonomy means moving out from a world in which one is born to marginality, to a past without meaning, and a future determined by others--into a world in which one acts and chooses, aware of a meaningful past and free to shape one's future.” ThinkingWorldNeedsMeanPastMovingValuesOrderBornLinesEnvironmentShapesIndependenceDeterminedMeaningfulArrangementsAutonomyDefiningMoving Out Author:Gerda Lerner
“The system of patriarchy is a historic construct; it has a beginning; it will have an end. Its time seems to have nearly run its course—it no longer serves the needs of men or women and in its inextricable linkage to militarism, hierarchy, and racism it threatens the very existence of life on earth. What will come after, what kind of structure will be the foundation for alternate forms of social organization we cannot yet know. We are living in an age of unprecedented transformation. We are in the process of becoming.” KnowsMenLifeNeedsKindEndsSeemsRunningAgeEarthFormCoursesSocialProcessExistenceSocietyBecomingRacismMen And WomenOrganizationTransformationFoundationStructurePatriarchyThreateningConstructsHistoricHierarchyUnprecedentedMilitarismPatriarchal SocietyAnti RacistSocial OrganizationSystemic ChangeLinkagesExistence Of Life Author:Gerda Lerner
“Long-term commitment to an intimate relationship with one person of whatever sex is an essential need that people have in order to breed the qualities out of which nurturing thought can rise.” PeopleNeedsPersonsLongOrderSexTermQualityEssentialsCommitmentIntimateLong TermNurturingIntimate Relationships Author:Gerda Lerner
