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“It’s as though it is in the nature of woman to value herself by the worth of her man more than her own self-worth”

Book:Benign Flame: Saga of Love

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“Many of us think that the less feminine a woman appears, the more likely she is to be taken seriously. A man going to a business meeting doesn’t wonder about being taken seriously based on what he is wearing—but a woman does. “I wish I had not worn that ugly suit that day. Had I then the confidence I have now to be myself, my students would have benefited even more from my teaching. Because I would have been more comfortable and more fully and truly myself.”

Feminism Gender Equality Women In The Workplace

Book:We Should All Be Feminists

Source: We Should All Be Feminists

“At a certain moment, women in cultures that glamorize their images and suffocate their minds, that set them on pedestals while requiring their silence and modesty, cease to be either silent or modest.”

Feminism Patriarchy

Book:Sin: Selected Poems of Forugh Farrokhzad

Source: Sin: Selected Poems of Forugh Farrokhzad

“Pants adapt perfectly to this era of female progress (From "Mi Opinion")”

Progress Feminism Clothes Pants Puerto Rico Feminists Puerto Rican

Author:Luisa Capetillo

“It's hilarious. Men want us so badly for our bodies, yet hate us so much for our minds.”

Feminism Badass Women

Book:Iron Widow

Source: Iron Widow

“I can’t go to school like this,” I protest, waving my hands in front of my bare chest in an exaggerated gesture. “They’re just breasts, Malena. Everyone has them.”

Feminism

Book:Does My Body Offend You?

Source: Does My Body Offend You?

“Identifying evolutionary origins of nefarious behavior in no way justifies or excuses it.”

Women Violence Feminism Rape Evolutionary Psychology Male

Book:When Men Behave Badly: The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault

Source: When Men Behave Badly: The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault

“Women belong in all places where... F*** it! Women belong. Period.”

Feminism Feminist Women Empowerment Womens Rights Girl Power Gender Equality Women Power Womens Day Women In Politics Women In Power

Book:High Voltage Habib: Gospel of Undoctrination

Source: High Voltage Habib: Gospel of Undoctrination

“But I think girls ought to show when they disapprove of young men, and how can they do it except by their manners? Preaching does not do any good, as I know to my sorrow, since I’ve had Teddy to manage; but there are many little ways in which I can influence him without a word, and I say we ought to do it to others if we can.”

Feminism Little Women Jo March

Book:Little Women

Source: Little Women

“It's hilarious. Men want us so badly for our bodies, hate us so much for our minds.”

Feminism Badass Women Wu Zetian

Book:Iron Widow

Source: Iron Widow

“Stop the rhetoric that a woman is crazy or difficult. Gossip well. If a man says a woman is crazy or difficult, ask him, ‘What bad thing did you do to her?’ That’s a code word. He is trying to discredit her reputation.”

Feminism Reputation Gossip Gender Equality

Author:Natalie Portman

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