“The sanctity of womanhood is incompatible with social liberty and social claims; and for a woman emancipation means corruption.” MeanSocialWomenLibertyClaimsCorruptionWomanhoodEmancipationSanctity Book:A Woman at Thirty Source: A Woman at Thirty
“Women should not weaken their cause by impracticable demands. Make no claim which could not be won in a reasonable time. Take onestep at a time, get a good foothold in it and advance carefully.” ShouldCausesWomenDemandClaimsEqualityReasonable Author:Jane Swisshelm
“It is not woman who claims the highest in man. It is a man's own religious soul that drives him on beyond women, to his supreme activity. For his highest, man is responsible to God alone.” MenSoulGodWomenReligiousActivityHighestClaimsResponsibleSupreme Author:D. H. Lawrence
“We old bachelors smell like dogs, do we? So be it. But I must take issue with your claim that doctors who treat female illnesses are womanizers and cynics at heart. Gynecologists deal with savage prose the likes of which you have never dreamed of.” HeartWomenDealsIssuesDogFemaleDoctorsTreatsClaimsMedicineIllnessSmellLikesProseSavagesDoctor WhoBachelorsWomanizerGynecologists Author:Anton Chekhov
“I always believed that women have rights and that there are some women that are intelligent enough to claim those rights. There are some others that are stupid enough not to.” EnoughWomenRightsStupidClaimsIntelligent Author:Shakira
“I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience.” ThinkingWorldMadeReasonUseAgeWomenFreedomDependsClaimsEqualityGenderCommandWomens RightsSuperiority Book:Jane Eyre Source: Jane Eyre
“The older woman's love is not love of herself, nor of herself mirrored in a lover's eyes, nor is it corrupted by need. It is a feeling of tenderness so still and deep and warm that it gilds every grass blade and blesses every fly. It includes the ones who have a claim on it, and a great deal else besides. I wouldn't have missed it for the world.” WorldLoveNeedsStillsFeelingsEyeAgeWomenLove IsDealsLoversClaimsAgingWarmGrassBlessTendernessBladesOlder Women Author:Germaine Greer