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“You have to enjoy being a woman. Why should being a woman be such a negative thing where you always have to improve yourself? I have never in my entire life met a man who didn't want to go to bed with me because I was too fat.”

Quote by Erica Jong

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Erica Jong

Erica Jong is a renowned American author, born on March 26, 1942. Her works, focusing on female perspectives and sexual liberation, have gained widespread popularity. Her representative works include 'How to Be a Woman'. more

“In a way women are fleshier because of estrogen. It's hard for us to lose weight because when we get super skinny we don't ovulate. Women in camps during the Holocaust didn't menstruate and didn't ovulate. They were starving; they were terrified. Why emulate that condition? It's nonsensical to me.”

Way Hard Loses Conditions Weight Camps Holocaust Terrified Skinny Starving Emulate Lose Weight Nonsensical Estrogen

Author:Erica Jong

“I don't necessarily read everything. I read what I need to read to inspire the book I'm trying to finish.”

Needs Trying Book Inspire

Author:Erica Jong

“I actually think leaving your children alone to fantasize, to write, to make projects on their own is good for them. Breathing down their necks is a form of control. Children should have their own space.”

Thinking Should Writing Children Form Space Projects Should Have Our Children Leaving Breathing Your Children Necks

Author:Erica Jong

“I prefer to work in the morning. I get up now at five in the morning. In the morning is when I feel freshest.”

Feels Morning Five Get Up

Author:Erica Jong