“Should or can there be a single standard of behavior for both sexes? Is there such a thing as a biologically rooted female culture that should remain separate from male culture, partly because it is different than or superior to male culture? Women must convert their love for and reliance on strength and skill in others to a love for all manner of strength and skill in themselves.” ShouldDifferentCultureSexSkillsBehaviorStandardsFemaleMalesSuperiorsRootedReliance Author:Phyllis Chesler
“Rescuing women from their burden of unwarranted guilt is going to require "educational practices and socializing agents" even more effective than the ones that have been relentlessly loading female humans with responsibility for other people's behavior from their earliest childhood.” PeopleHumansHas BeensResponsibilityPracticeChildhoodBehaviorFemaleGuiltBurdenEducationalAgentsSocializing Author:Germaine Greer
“Somehow we have been taught to believe that the experiences of girls and women are not important in the study and understanding ofhuman behavior. If we know men, then we know all of humankind. These prevalent cultural attitudes totally deny the uniqueness of the female experience, limiting the development of girls and women and depriving a needy world of the gifts, talents, and resources our daughters have to offer.” IfsKnowsMenWorldBelieveHas BeensImportantGirlUnderstandingAttitudeStudyTalentTaughtDevelopmentOffersBehaviorDaughterResourcesFemaleDenyHumankindUniquenessKnow MeHuman BehaviorNeedyOur DaughterDepriving Book:Raising a Daughter: Parents and the Awakening of a Healthy Woman Source: Raising a Daughter: Parents and the Awakening of a Healthy Woman
“The men who espoused unpopular causes may have been considered misguided, but they were rarely attacked for their morals or their masculinity. Women who did the same thing were apt to be denounced as harlots or condemned for being unfeminine - an all-purpose word that was used to describe almost any category of female behavior of which men disapproved.” MenMayHas BeensUsedPurposeCausesWomenMoralHe ManBehaviorFemaleSexismCategoriesMasculinityMisguidedHarlots Author:Margaret Truman Daniel
“Let's start working towards wellness, a healing in our community, a healing in relationships, so male and female can finally sit down and understand that that young boy or young girl saw behavior exhibited by their parents that was negative and abusive and they're going to pass it on.” YoungGirlParentCommunityHealingBoysSawsBehaviorNegativeFemaleDown AndMalesWellnessOur CommunityAbusive Author:Pam Grier
“Obviously, as an adult I realize this girl-on-girl sabotage is the third worst kind of female behavior, right behind saying "like" all the time and leaving your baby in a dumpster.” KindFunnyGirlRealizingBehindsWorstBabyBehaviorAdultsFemaleThirdsLeavingFeministWittySabotageThis GirlBossypantsDumpsters Book:Bossypants Source: Bossypants
“Being female in this world means having been robbed of the potential for human choice by men who love to hate us. One does does not make choices in freedom. Instead, one conforms in body type and behavior and values to become an object of male sexual desire, which requires an abandonment of a wide-ranging capacity for choice... Men too make choices. When will they choose not to despise us?” MenWorldHumansMeanDoeBodyDesireValuesHateChoicesObjectsThis WorldTypeBehaviorCapacityFemaleMalesWideDespiseConformAbandonmentLove HateSexual DesireBody Types Book:Intercourse Source: Intercourse
“Because of the lingering discrimination, many women still lack confidence. They live in fear of stepping beyond what they feel is acceptable 'female' behavior. I can remember feeling that I wasn't 'normal' because I was aggressive, had dreams and goals, and wanted do do great things...I am glad now that I found courage to do something radical and chase my dreams.” FeelsStillsI CanFeelingsDreamWantedRememberFoundGoalBehaviorNormalFemaleGladDiscriminationGreat ThingsRadicalAggressiveAcceptableLingeringDreams And Goals Author:Joyce Meyer