“If women take their bodies seriously and ideally we should then its full expression, in terms of pleasure, maternity, and physical strength, seems to fare better when women control the means of production and reproduction. From this point of view, it is simply not in women's interest to support patriarchy or even a fabled "equality" with men. That women do so is more a sign of powerlessness than of any biologically based "superior" wisdom.” IfsMenShouldMeanBodySeemsTermInterestPleasureViewsSupportExpressionProductionsPoint Of ViewSuperiorsPatriarchyReproductionPowerlessnessMaternityPhysical Strength Book:Women & madness Source: Women & madness
“Perhaps only some young women, perhaps only a minority of all women, will be able to effect such changes through consciousness alone, through the strength of understanding, which, if transformed into wisdom, always means the performance of necessary actions.” IfsMeanAbleActionYoungUnderstandingConsciousnessEffectsPerformancesMinoritiesTransformedYoung Women Author:Phyllis Chesler
“For most women, being seen, having others pay attention to you, is imagined and experienced as more desirable and more powerful than commanding an army or seizing control of the means of production and reproduction.” MeanPowerfulPayAttentionArmyProductionsPay AttentionDesirableReproductionSeizing Author:Phyllis Chesler
