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“It is possible to pin the moment when power descends, is bestowed is transferred from one hand to another? It does not come down as a dove, but as a lick of fire, a language the powerful speak to each other. 231 We couldn't say yes that often because then they would all come; they all needed help, every one. Need is the human being natural state. Need water, need food, need green money, need meaning, need touch and need talk, need I don't know what. 288”

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Book:Priestdaddy
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“Society conspires against her from early infancy. Her brain is steadily filled with plaster until it sets: ‘If you’re not married by the time you’re twenty-five, you’ll have good reason to be ashamed’; ‘if you laugh, you won’t look dignified’ ; ‘if your face betrays your feelings, you’ll look coarse’; ‘if you mention the existence of a single body hair, you’re repulsive’ ; ‘if a boy kisses you on the cheek in public, you’re a whore’; if you enjoy eating, you’re a pig’; ‘if you take pleasure in sleeping, you’re no better than a cow’; and so on. These precepts would be merely anecdotal if they weren’t taken so much to heart.”

WomenSocietyExpectationsSelf WorthSelf Esteen
Book:Stupeur et tremblements
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