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“The women had spent their careers trying not to think about being women, hoping they would be seen as scientists. But as the first or only in so many settings, they felt they had to live up to a higher standard.”

Book:The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science

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“Even more objectionable to them: Bhaktisiddhanta initiated non-brahmins as his disciples. Only men born in Brahmin families, conservatives argued, qualified for initiation. Lower castes had never been allowed to take part in the diksha ceremony. The prohibition was purely political, since nothing in India's scriptures supported such discrimination, but it had kept caste Brahmins in power for generations. Bhaktisiddhanta threatened their commercial livelihood. Hostility against Bhaktisiddhanta increased when he added empowerment of women to his list of outrages. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu taught that all souls were prakriti, or female in relation to God. For Bhaktisiddhanta, this meant gender was not a consideration on the path of devotion.”

Women Caste Brahmins Commercialism Gaudiya Vaishnavism Prakriti

Book:Swami in a Strange Land: How Krishna Came to the West

Source: Swami in a Strange Land: How Krishna Came to the West

“Nearly every guy I've dated believed they should already be famous, believed that greatness was their destiny and they were already behind schedule. An early moment of intimacy often involved a confession of this sort: a childhood vision, a teacher's prophecy, a genius IQ. At first, with my boyfriend in college, I believed it, too. Later, I thought I was just choosing delusional men. Now I understand it's how boys are raised to think, how they are lured into adulthood. I've met ambitious women, driven women, but no woman has ever told me that greatness was her destiny.”

Men Women Ambition

Book:Writers & Lovers

Source: Writers & Lovers

“She too would one day speak with the matchmaker, and the same fate would fall upon her. The thought sent despair coiling in my gut. No wonder Anlai mothers tried so hard not to love their daughters. It was like exiling a piece of your own heart.”

Women Relationships Parents Mothers Daughters

Author:K. X. Song

“They say a girl with an ill-fated mother is doomed to follow in her footsteps.”

Women Mothers Daughters Oppression Of Women Familial Cycles

Author:K. X. Song

“This was going to be me. I would flee Father only to fall under another master. And even if I were to bear him a healthy son and earn my status in this household, even if Master Zhu were to pass away, that son would one day grow up to be a man, and then he too would command me.”

Men Women Oppression Of Women

Book:The Night Ends with Fire

Source: The Night Ends with Fire

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