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“Literally last month he got mad at me when I was just trying to say everyone should be able to go to the doctor for free.” “Men love being flustered. They love it when a girl has dumb ideas.”

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“… many elements in these [traditional Islamic] laws are neither defensible on Islamic grounds nor tenable under contemporary conditions; not only are they contrary to the egalitarian spirit of Islam, they are invoked to deny Muslim women justice and dignified choices in life. … the provisions of the CEDAW [Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women] are more in line with the Shari’ah than are the provisions of family laws in many contemporary Muslim countries. -- Ziba Mir-Hosseini”

“Sé que aún eres pequeña, pero quiero que lo sepas y lo comprendas desde ahora—le dijo un día—. El matrimonio puede esperar; la educación no. Eres una niña muy, muy inteligente. De verdad, lo eres. Puedes llegar a ser lo que tú quieras, Laila. Lo sé. Y también sé que, cuando esta guerra termine, Afganistán te necesitará tanto como a sus hombres, tal vez más incluso. Porque una sociedad no tiene la menor posibilidad de éxito si sus mujeres no reciben educación, Laila. Ninguna posibilidad.”

“We are socialized to hide key parts of our identity to avoid being seen as too bossy, too much, too little, or too [insert misogynistic term that only applies to women]. Women learn to be more reserved, shy and quiet in order to be the picture-perfect face of femininity and to avoid abuse and misogyny.”