“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
“I am not saying that a female-dominated or Amazon society based on the oppression of men is any more "just" than is a male-dominated society based on the oppression of women. I am merely pointing out in what ways it is better for women. [¶] Perhaps someday a choice between forms of injustice will not be necessary.” MenWayFormChoicesFemaleMalesInjusticeOppressionSomedayPointingAmazon Author:Phyllis Chesler
“Women ... do not have to forsake the "wisdom of the heart" and become men. They need only transfer the primary force of their supportiveness to themselves and to each other but never to the point of self-sacrifice.” MenNeedsHeartSelfForceSacrificePrimariesTransfersSelf SacrificeForsake Book:Women & madness Source: Women & madness
“How sad that men would base an entire civilization on the principle of paternity, upon the legal owership and presumed responsibility for children, and then never really get to know their sons and daughters very well.” KnowsMenWellsChildrenResponsibilityPrinciplesSonCivilizationDaughterSon And DaughterResponsibility For Children Author:Phyllis Chesler
“It is no accident that stock exchange floors - in addition to bedroom floors - bring out the noisy blood, the flushed cheek, and the passionate cries of men. Most men are making love when they make 'magical' amounts of money.” MenBloodCryAmountPassionateAccidentsCheeksBedroomMaking LoveNoisyStock Exchange Book:Women, money & power Source: Women, money & power
“Sons or fathers, poor men or rich men, sacred or secular: all are homosexual in their worship of everything phallic.” MenFatherPoorRichSonWorshipSacredSecularHomosexualRich ManPoor Man Author:Phyllis Chesler
