“I think it's unfortunate that there exists only one path in America to complete social legitimacy, and that is marriage. I think, for instance, that it would be far easier for Americans to elect a black president or a female president than an unmarried president.” ThinkingWould BeAmericaSocialBlackPresidentPathEasierFemaleInstanceUnfortunateLegitimacyUnmarriedFemale President Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“Were we to still be circumcising the hood of the female clitoris, we would not have difficulty considering this a continuation of our tradition to keep girls sexually repressed. America's reflexive continuation of [male] circumcision-without-research reflects the continuation of our tradition to desensitize boys to feelings of pain, to prepare them to question the disposability of their bodies no more than they would question the disposability of their foreskins.” StillsFeelingsBodyPainAmericaGirlBoysResearchFemaleTraditionDifficultyMalesConsideringHoodSexuallyRepressedContinuationCircumcision Book:The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex Source: The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex
“Being young and female in America, you watch a lot of TV and you grow up on false images of what love truly is.” AmericaYoungGrowsWatchesGrowing UpTvsFemale Author:Lauryn Hill
“I just don't think America wants a female host. It's like men don't walk around in skirts in this country. Why change a good thing?” ThinkingMenWantCountryAmericaWalksFemaleGood ThingsHostSkirtsWhy Change Author:Vanna White
“Everything has to be understood in opposition to something else. For some dang reason, the ego prefers to make one side better than the other, so we choose. And we decide males are better than females, America is better than Canada, Democrats are better than Republicans. And for most people, once this decision is made, it is amazing the amount of blindness they become capable of. They really don't see what's right in front of them. Once you see this, it's an amazing breakthrough, and that is the starting place for moving away from dualistic thinking.” PeopleThinkingMadeReasonAmericaMovingSidesDecisionFrontsAmountRepublicanEgoCapableUnderstoodFemaleDemocratMalesStartingMade ItCanadaOppositionBlindnessBreakthroughMoving Away Author:Richard Rohr
“Over the last few years, the Islamic world has produced more female presidents and prime ministers than both Europe and North America combined.” WorldYearsLastsAmericaPresidentEuropeFemaleMinistersIslamicPrimePrime MinisterNorth AmericaFemale President Author:Reza Aslan
“I had a list of things that science fiction, particularly American science fiction, to me seemed to do with tedious regularity. One was to not have strong female protagonists. One was to envision the future, whatever it was, as America.” AmericaStrongFictionFemaleScience FictionListsTediousProtagonistsRegularityStrong FemaleFemale Protagonists Author:William Gibson