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Paula Broadwell

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Paula Broadwell is an American writer specializing in military and intelligence issues. Born in 1972, she has authored several books on these topics, including a biography of General David Petraeus. Broadwell's career has been characterized by her engagement with the military and her expertise in national security.

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“I'm not in love with David Petraeus. But I think he does present a terrific role model.”

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“The word is a label and I don't like it at all.”

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“It's the fact that you can reduce my whole life to one word, whatever it is, my entire career, my service to my country, my academic rigor, my courage in going to interview terrorists, and refugee camps, and third-world prisons.”

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“It's reducing my entire professional career and background to this one word [mistress].”

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“I just figured, for the most part, mainstream networks stopped using [mistress word]. Those are small brush fires. The election made me realize we've got forest fires that we collectively need to be focused on.”

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“The story is framed around [avid Petraeus] resignation. So many headlines that followed talked about his ruined career. They completely ignore the fact that my career was ruined, other peoples' careers were ruined. They focus on him as the victim.”

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“I was a Ph.D. student at a very reputable university, I was a Harvard research associate at one of the world's premier leadership institutions.”

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“As a feminist, I'll wear whatever I want to.”

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“If I'm strong, I'm not going to apologize for being strong.”

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“While I fully recognize I had made a mistake in the whole relationship, and I'll call it a human error, I hesitate to call myself a victim because I strongly believe one should take responsibility for their actions.”

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“My husband and I each had careers and two babies at home. They just demand everything from you. All the domestic duties fell to me and this resentment builds, as I think happens to a lot of young parents who have competing careers.”

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“I think the public doesn't understand that one of the reasons I haven't stood up for myself is because in order to do that, I have to stoop to a level that further humiliates other people.”

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“I also feel like I've done plenty of wrong things. I'm not innocent here, and I'm certainly not going to be righteous about that.”

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“We had to communicate through our lawyers a couple of times over the years, and [David Petraeus] told me that people have been like, "Good job, Dave." Congratulating him. That's the double standard. I've concluded that sharing it won't change anything.”

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“I had been working on a second book with [David] Petraeus called Relentless. Obviously that book and the income that it would have generated went away.”

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“As an intelligence officer, if you don't have a security clearance, you really don't have a job. My military position was, and has been, frozen, for four years.”

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“I was in such a state of mental shock and quickly spiraled into a depression at the multitude of loss. My husband, I thought, was going to leave me. I was cut off from this mentor and someone I cared for very much, David Petraeus, who also did nothing to stand up for me and in fact, empowered his surrogates to throw me under the bus, and that was devastating.”

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“I was an academic and I lost my assignment at Harvard. Meanwhile, [David Petraeus] gets invited to Harvard to become a fellow.”

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“I had been sort of a rising star - an athlete, a scholar, a leader. My dream was to become a high-level national security adviser.”

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“A lot of women were betting on me because there were so few role models and I let them down. They had put me on a pedestal. I maybe enjoyed being in that limelight, but I couldn't reverse what I had done.”

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“When I fell, some people were in such shock that they didn't reach out. They were so mad at me, rather than having compassion for what happened. I lost a lot of friends.”

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“[My kids] were very young at the time and didn't realize what was going on. We told them that mom made a mistake and people want to talk about it in the news so they're outside our house.”

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“We have to raise our young boys to respect women and our young girls to demand respect and to get their values from something other than their physicality.”

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“I'm really happy for [David Petraeus]. He's exceptionally talented.”

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“I just genuinely believe in the concept of redemption and renewal, so I was happy. When I get beyond my feelings, I had my own family and friends and so many women across America come to me and say their blood was boiling, asking me how this could happen.”

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“It's part of the reason I decided to speak out now. This was the tipping point for me. If it's O.K. for [David Petraeus ] to campaign for a job in the administration, then I'm going to campaign to get back out there, too.”

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“I've moved on with my life and I'm trying to find a path to re-establish my career.”

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“When I get this kind of support, I feel validated in my decision to stand up for myself.”

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“I'm 100 percent serious. I've been fighting for equality for women's issues my entire life, in the military included.”

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“[Fighting for equality for women] that's what my mission has been for the last years.”

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“If Ivanka Trump called, I think good people need to serve.”

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“I want to serve. I love my country. I love service above self and I don't want my talents to go to waste. I also want to send a message to other men and women who've tripped over themselves, or over life: that you need to serve your time in purgatory.”

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“You need to accept responsibility for your mistakes. And I've done that.”

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“You can reclaim your own narrative.”

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“The national media don't know me. They know the caricature that was created of me by journalists who were frankly jealous of my access. And it was a very negative caricature. There's this propensity for blaming a woman. It comes down to implicit bias. There are so many studies that show this.”

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“I haven't had senators advocating for me.”

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“My peers are all in sensitive jobs - at the C.I.A., the National Security Council, working for the Department of Defense. They can't stand up for me in public.”

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“I don't have the advocates. I don't have a good old boys network. Part of what I want to do is to create a good old girls network.”

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“It really felt like a tidal wave of bias washed over our country and we're still soaked in it.”

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“I was incredulous as the bias of the media in terms of the candidates [for presidency]. I was incredulous at the fake news.”

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“I was encouraged, though, because I saw feminist writers - male and female - calling out the bias. I feel like more and more writers are cognizant of the problems and are willing to try to challenge them.”

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“I think Donald Trump is the best person for the job. It comes back to redemption campaign rhetoric. They all say that stuff.[Barack] Obama and [Hillary] Clinton said that about each other.”

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“Imagine what Ivanka Trump life has been like? She's been eaten alive by the media. I have empathy for that.”

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“I think Ivanka Trump she has this power and powerful women are reaching out to her and she needs to take advantage of that.”

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“Hopefully women can work with [Ivanka Trump ] to influence up the chain of command. I think it's good for us, for women. It's a glimmer of hope.”

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“Sometime ago, I teamed up with a former Marine attack helicopter pilot. We were both frustrated by biased coverage of women in the military and said, let's form some kind of nonprofit entity where we can start highlighting the prevalence of bias in the media.”

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“We [in Think Broader.] went through and looked at coverage in different industries and were able to point out to newsrooms that they had these hidden biases. We'd do a review and provide a report card, and provide our suggestion on how to avoid bias.”

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“My local paper, The New York Times, Yahoo News, CBS, and The Washington Post, all agreed to stop using the word 'mistress.' The big one was the Associated Press. They made a style change, and it's the gold standard that sets the guide for news outlets around the world. That's a small step for the American language, a medium step for feminism, and a huge step for me personally.”

“Having a bunch of medals and badges doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve achieved anything, you’ve got to do something beyond yourself to make a difference in life. Seek to be consequential in whatever you do.”

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Born: 1972
Known for: Writer
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