“Women themselves condition their daughters to serve the system of male primacy. If a daughter challenges it, the mother will generally defend the system rather than her daughter. These mothers, victims themselves, have unwittingly become wounded wounders. Women need to attack culture's oppression of women, for there truly is a godlike socializing power that induces women to "buy in" or collude, but we also need to confront our own part in accepting male dominance and take responsibility where appropriate.” IfsNeedsMotherCultureWomenChallengesResponsibilityAcceptingConditionsDaughterVictimMalesOppressionAppropriateWoundedTaking ResponsibilityDominanceGodlikeSocializingPrimacyMale Dominance Author:Sue Monk Kidd
“I am convinced that imprisonment is a way of pretending to solve the problem of crime. It does nothing for the victims of crime, but perpetuates the idea of retribution, thus maintaining the endless cycle of violence in our culture. It is a cruel and useless substitute for the elimination of those conditions--poverty, unemployment, homelessness, desperation, racism, greed--which are at the root of most punished crime. The crimes of the rich and powerful go mostly unpunished.” WayDoeIdeasProblemCulturePowerfulPovertyRichViolenceConditionsCrimeRacismRootsVictimGreedSolveConvincedEndlessUselessCyclesSubstitutesPretendingUnemploymentDesperationMaintainingHomelessnessRetributionImprisonmentEliminationCycle Of Violence Author:Howard Zinn
“One of the things that perhaps we can learn through the political process about bringing people together is to remember South Carolina, remember the families of the nine victims, how they brought a community together during the worst atrocity in our state's history, i am thankful that I live in a country where forgiveness can be seen in the worst of conditions.” PeopleCountryStatesTogetherRememberPoliticalProcessCommunityWorstConditionsForgivenessVictimSouthNineAtrocitiesCarolinaSouth CarolinaI Am Thankful Author:Tim Scott
“I am arguing that it is a mistake for trans activists to focus our resources and attention on winning inclusion in legal equality frameworks, such as anti-discrimination laws and hate crimes laws, that will not provide relief from the life-shortening conditions trans populations are facing. Winning legal equality - getting the law to cast us as victims of discrimination who the state will protect - will not support our survival.” StatesLawHateWinningAttentionMistakeSupportFocusConditionsCrimeProtectSurvivalResourcesVictimCastsPopulationArguingDiscriminationReliefActivistInclusionFrameworkTransHate CrimeAnti Discrimination Author:Dean Spade
“I am really fascinated by self-sabotage. I think that there's not a person I know who doesn't fall victim to it. It's essential to the human condition, and relatable.” ThinkingKnowsHumansPersonsSelfFallConditionsEssentialsVictimFascinatedHuman ConditionRelatableSabotageSelf Sabotage Author:Kit Williamson
“We're in a very, very profound crisis. It's so obvious that no one in the power structure, either the corporate power structure or the political power structure, knows what to do or is willing to do what's necessary in relationship both to global war and global warming. It's so obvious that conditions are getting worse for the great majority of Americans. It's so obvious also that we face a very serious danger from people who feel, see themselves only as victims. And we have to somehow, in a very loving way, help the American people to recover the best that is in our traditions.” PeopleKnowsWayFeelsWarHelpingFacesPoliticalConditionsDangerWillingSeriousTraditionCrisisVictimMajorityStructureProfoundObviousCorporateGlobal WarmingPolitical Power Author:Grace Lee Boggs
“First, my people must be taught the knowledge of self. Then and only then will they be able to under-stand others and that which surrounds them. Anyone who does not have a knowledge of self is considered a victim of either amnesia or unconsciousness and is not very competent. The lack of knowledge of self is a prevailing condition among my people here in America. Gaining the knowledge of self makes us unite into a great unity. Knowledge of self makes you take on the great virtue of learning.” PeopleFirstsDoeSelfAbleAmericaVirtueConditionsTaughtVictimUnitySurroundSelf KnowledgeCompetentPrevailingAmnesiaUnconsciousnessLack Of Knowledge Book:Message to the Blackman in America Source: Message to the Blackman in America
“Sometime in 1964 I realized that I was a victim of a printmaking obsession, a condition that persists today.” TodayConditionsVictimI RealizedObsessionPersistPrintmaking Author:Irving Penn
“Reality cannot be photographed or represented. We can only create a new reality. And my dilemma is how to make art out of a reality that most of us would rather ignore. How do you make art when the world is in such a state? My answer has been to make mistakes, but when I can, to choose them. We are all guilt victims choosing mistakes, and as Godard said, the very definition of the human condition is in the mise-en-scéne itself.” WorldHumansHas BeensArtSaidI CanStatesRealityAnswersMistakeConditionsVictimGuiltDefinitionsMaking MistakesHuman ConditionDilemma Author:Alfredo Jaar
“Being proactive is more than taking initiative. It is recognizing that we are responsible for our own choices and have the freedom to choose based on principles and values rather than on moods or condition. Proactive people are agents of change and choose not to be victims, to be reactive, or to blame others.” PeopleValuesChoicesPrinciplesConditionsResponsibleVictimBlameMoodAgentsInitiativeRecognizingProactiveFreedom To ChoosePrinciples And Values Book:The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness Source: The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness
“We are victims of evil customs. It is a crime against humanity that our women are shut up within the four walls of the houses as prisoners. There is no sanction anywhere for the deplorable condition in which our women have to live.” HumanityEvilHouseFourConditionsCrimeWallVictimCustomsPrisonerShut UpPakistanSanctionsCrimes Against HumanityFour WallsQuaidQuaid Azam Author:Muhammad Ali Jinnah