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“Men are to be reminded of their inner strength and superiority, while women need to be taught how to overcome their inherent, life-stunting limitations.”

Women Feminism Misogyny Social Commentary

Book:Nothing But the Truth

Source: Nothing But the Truth

“Women do not need to be changed, adjusted, domesticated, moulded, formed, or coddled. We need space and a runway.”

Feminism Women Empowerment

Book:Nothing But the Truth

Source: Nothing But the Truth

“The message is clearly that any right-thinking woman should understand her inherent, natural deficiencies and immediately set off on a lifelong journey of self-discovery and inevitable self-improvement, and probably forgo external things such as the world, life, and work.”

Feminism Women S Rights Social Commentary Satire

Book:Nothing But the Truth

Source: Nothing But the Truth

“We women are never quite right. A little too much of this, not enough of that. Perpetually in need of tweaking. If we could just tone down, speak up, be more assertive, know our place, be slightly less ambitious or shrill, dress less provocatively, look more feminine, be thinner, heavier, we would be perfect!”

Feminism Women S Rights

Book:Nothing But the Truth

Source: Nothing But the Truth

“Effective advocacy is about confronting the weaknesses in your case and overcoming them, which involves a combination of humility and rigour.”

Lawyer Laws Law Student

Book:Nothing But the Truth

Source: Nothing But the Truth

“The true purpose of the articling process is a lesson in humility, something not normally associated with twenty-somethings. The first five years of any lawyer's career after articling are focused on breaking down the novice and building up a real lawyer in their place. You cannot start learning how to practise law until you've come to terms with how little you know.”

Lawyer Law Student

Book:Nothing But the Truth

Source: Nothing But the Truth

“In a nutshell, cross-examination, this great engine of truth, is the ability to ask questions and to control the wording and order of those questions. That is all. The theory is that through cross-examination, the truth will be magically revealed.”

Law Lawyer Law Student

Book:Nothing But the Truth

Source: Nothing But the Truth