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A Woman's Worth

A Woman's Worth delves into the complex experiences of women, examining their struggles and triumphs in a world shaped by traditional gender roles and expectations. more

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Marianne Williamson
Marianne Williamson

Marianne Williamson is an American author, spiritual leader, and political activist, born on July 8, 1952. She is recognized for her self-help books and her role in the New Age movement, focusing on personal growth, spirituality, and social issues. more

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“Wenn mich heute jemand fragt, ab wann ich mich als Feministin bezeichnet habe, kann ich das nicht genau sagen, aber irgendwann bekam ich den Verdacht, dass die Gleichberechtigung sich doch nicht von allein ergibt, wenn alle so weitermachen wie bisher, mich eingeschlossen. Dass es nicht reicht, individuelle Freiheiten trotz Ungerechtigkeit zu erlangen, sondern dass die Gründe für die Ungerechtigkeit wegmüssen.”

“Women and girls cannot access full humanity and the rights and opportunities of full human status while the idea that there are personality traits and appearance norms that are naturally and essentially associated with girls and women still has social currency and serves to control and limit their lives.”

“The summer before, an estranged husband violated his wife’s restraining order against him, shooting her—and killing or wounding six other women—at her workplace in suburban Milwaukee, but since there were only four corpses the crime was largely overlooked in the media in a year with so many more spectacular mass murders in this country (and we still haven’t really talked about the fact that, of sixty-two mass shootings in the United States in three decades, only one was by a woman, because when you say lone gunman, everyone talks about loners and guns but not about men—and by the way, nearly two-thirds of all women killed by guns are killed by their partner or ex-partner).”