“Well, you know, I was raised by a 1970s feminist. My mom had a consciousness-raising group. I used to sit at the top of the stairs and listen to them.” KnowsWellsUsedConsciousnessGroupsMomRaisedFeministMy MomStairs Author:Ayelet Waldman
“Ninety percent of the people in any group are nice, raised to be polite, and have more in common than not.” PeopleCommonNiceGroupsPercentRaisedPoliteNinety Author:Susan RoAne
“... members of a powerful group are raised to believe (however illogically) that whatever affects it will also affect them. On theother hand, members of less powerful groups are raised to believe (however illogically) that each individual can escape the group's fate. Thus, cohesion is encouraged on the one hand, and disunity is fostered on the other.” BelieveHandsIndividualPowerfulPowerFateGroupsMembersRaisedCohesionDisunity Book:Doing Sixty & Seventy Source: Doing Sixty & Seventy
“If you're raised in a house where it's okay for one group to eat and another to cook, or for one group to get more education money than the other or to be more free than the other, or where one parent gives in to the will of the other or may be verbally or even physically abused by the other. This gives you an idea of human worth.” IfsGivingHumansMayIdeasHouseParentGroupsOkayRaisedCooks Author:Gloria Steinem
“I was raised Christian after age 5, but I didn't really understand it until high school. A friend of mine invited me to his youth group. There I heard the gospel, understood it, and accepted it.” AgeSchoolChristianHeardGroupsYouthMinesUnderstoodHigh SchoolRaisedAcceptedInvited Author:Francis Chan