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We Want for Our Sisters What We Want for Ourselves: Polygyny: A Relationship, Marriage and Family Alternative

Book by Patricia Dixon · 3 quotes · Relationships, Sociology, Gender Politics

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“It is the way that it weighs on the human spirit that leads many to self-destruct. I could not help but to connect the pain that they were experiencing to my own.”

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“Women in general, and African American women in particular, are still separated by a veil, albeit an invisible one. As long as women are divided by dichotomies that stem from gender oppression, e.g., virgin versus whore, respectable versus unrespectable, and, ultimately, wife versus the other woman, all of which puts women in competition for men, they will not be able to effectively challenge the structures that support some while not supporting others, and in some cases, even exploiting them.”

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