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“For me, to be a feminist is to answer the question 'Are women human?' with a yes.”

Quote by Katha Pollitt

Book:Reasonable creatures: essays on women and feminism

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Reasonable creatures: essays on women and feminism

This book delves into the complexities of gender and feminism through a series of essays, examining societal perceptions, historical contexts, and personal narratives. more

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Katha Pollitt is an American poet, critic, and writer known for her incisive political commentary and poetry, which often addresses themes of feminism, gender, politics, and social justice. more

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“Every inch of progress is won in struggle.”

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“When it comes to ideas - and religions are, among other things, ideas - there is no right not to be offended. ... In fact, if you need laws ... to protect your faith, maybe your faith is weak.”

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“For me, religion is serious business - a farrago of authoritarian nonsense, misogyny and humble pie, the eternal enemy of human happiness and freedom.”

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Book:Subject to Debate: Sense and Dissents on Women, Politics, and Culture

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“... on the whole 'blasphemy' has been a force for good in human history. It is part of the process by which millions of people have come to reject theocracy and think for themselves.”

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“Thanks to feminism, women can now acquire status in two ways: through marriage or their own achievements. Cure cancer or marry the man who does, either way society will applaud. Unless he marries into the British royal family, it doesn't work that way for men. Wives shed no glory on their husbands. Having tea with Nancy Reagan is an honor; having tea with Denis Thatcher is a joke.”

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“Can currently existing religion be disentangled from the misogyny of its texts, its traditions, and its practices? ... a resounding NO: misogyny not only pervades the major faiths, it's baked in.”

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“Whether you look at Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, or Buddhism, wherever a distinction of sex is made, it is to the advantage of men. If you think of religions as if they were novels, the authors are men, and so are the major characters.”

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“While woman sheds the Blood of Life each moon at menstruation, man can only shed the blood of death through warfare and killing.”

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