“One strong idea being put forth these days (...) is that women should above all be given choice. (...) But this "right to choose" whether or not we provide for ourselves has contributed mightily to the female achievement gap. Because they have the social option to stay home, women can - and often do - back off from assuming responsibility for themselves. (...) There is something wrong with this. (...) We want so desperately to believe that we do not have to be responsible for our own welfare.” WomenFeminismGender RolesMale PrivilegeSocietal ConstructsCinderella ComplexEmotional DependenceEconomic DependenceThe Fallacy Of Choice Book:The Cinderella Complex: Women's Hidden Fear of Independence Source: The Cinderella Complex: Women's Hidden Fear of Independence
“The size and scale of the problems facing mankind, and the fact of international communication and mutual economic dependence will remain, but the concentration of the power to deal with those issues must be seized from the hands of the imperialists and given to the people in their rich local, regional, and national variety.” DemocracyImperialismInternationalismDevolutionConcentration Of PowerEconomic Dependence Book:The Red Paper on Scotland Source: The Red Paper on Scotland