“Contemporary feminism cut itself off from history and bankrupted itself when it spun its puerile, paranoid fantasy of male oppressors and female sex-object victims. Woman is the dominant sex.” SexFantasyCuttingFeminismObjectsFemaleVictimMalesContemporaryDominantOppressorsParanoidSpun Author:Camille Paglia
“I certainly relate to Ygritte in the fact that she is so strong and also ruthless as well and I feel that especially within Game of Thrones, I think that as a show, it is one of the frontrunners for showing dominant female characters and making sure that men answer to women rather than the other way around.” ThinkingMenWayFeelsWellsCharacterFactsShowsGamesStrongAnswersFemaleRelateThronesDominantRuthlessFemale CharactersStrong Female Characters Author:Rose Leslie
“As women's leadership qualities come to play a more dominant role in the public sphere, their particular aptitudes for long-term negotiating, analytic listening, and creating an ambiance in which people work with zest and spirit will help reconcile the split between the ideals of being efficient and being humane. This integration of female values is already producing a more collaborative kind of leadership, and changing the very ideal of what strong leadership actually is.” PeopleKindLongPlayHelpingSpiritValuesStrongTermLeadershipQualityRolesParticularListeningCreatingFemaleIdealsLong TermSpheresEfficientSplitsDominantBeing HumanIntegrationHumaneReconcileAnalyticsAptitudeNegotiatingZestLeadership QualitiesAmbiance Book:The Female Advantage: Women's Ways of Leadership Source: The Female Advantage: Women's Ways of Leadership
“It's really important to have life strategies and part of that is sort of knowing where you want to go so you can have a map that helps you to get there. And the traditional way tells us oh we get into school and someone else advises us, helps us, but that often does not work for African Americans female and male. Because what works for the dominant culture often does not work for us.” WayWantDoeImportantHelpingSchoolCultureKnowingFemaleStrategyMalesTraditionalAfrican AmericanMapsDominantAdviseDominant CultureFemales And Males Author:Bell Hooks
“There's over 100 species of lemurs. Each is a little bit different in their social structure except for one thing: they are all female dominant. The females are the leaders. They are the ones that call the shots. When you watch a group, you can see the females are the first one to say “We’re going to move.” Then she moves off and everybody just follows.” FirstsLittlesDifferentMovingSocialBitsLeaderWatchesOne ThingGroupsLittle BitShotsFemaleStructureSpeciesDominantSocial StructureLemurs Author:Patricia Wright
“Bonobos really violate a rule of nature where usually if you're bigger, you're going to be dominant. But here, females are actually smaller. But they're still not dominated by males because they work together.” IfsStillsTogetherFemaleBiggerMalesWorking TogetherDominantBonobos Author:Claudine Andre