“People don't want to be understood - I mean not completely. It's too destructive. Then they haven't anything left. They don't want complete sympathy or complete understanding. They want to be treated carelessly and taken for granted lots of times.” PeopleWantMeanLeftUnderstandingTakenHavensUnderstoodTreatedGrantedDestructiveTaken For Granted Book:BRING ME A UNICORN Source: BRING ME A UNICORN
“We do what we see and what we're told. If we haven't been raised in a family or in a community where women are treated as full human beings and men don't have to be superior anymore, we continue to think that it's not only natural but inevitable.” IfsThinkingMenHumansCommunityNaturalHuman BeingsHavensRaisedTreatedSuperiorsInevitable Author:Gloria Steinem
“I haven't been in a job situation in which I was competing with other women. As a writer, you're more likely to be treated as an individual.” JobsIndividualSituationHavensTreatedCompeting Author:Gloria Steinem
“I'm looking at the head of the household, and the house hasn't been run properly for a long time, ... Clinton was the first person ever to make a formal apology to black people for slavery, which was very warm and appreciated. But African-Americans haven't healed at all . The wound is still very open. And seeing the differences in how people live, it just puts salt in it- constantly . Seeing the way we're treated within these United States ... it burns you even more every day.” PeopleWayFirstsPersonsLongStillsStatesRunningHouseBlackDifferencesUnitedUnited StatesSeeingHavensLong TimeSlaveryClintonWarmWoundsTreatedAfrican AmericanBlack PeopleSaltApologyHouseholdFormalAppreciatedHealedFirst Person Author:Jill Scott
“I go home and don't get treated any differently. People have known me all my life and are interested and very supportive but because they have known me forever I don't get any diva treatment. My mum still tells me off if I haven't loaded the dishwasher for her.” PeopleIfsStillsHomeKnownForeverHavensTreatedTreatmentMumSupportiveLoadedDishwashers Author:Katherine Jenkins
“I remember I grew up in a poor family and we had almost nothing and we were not treated very well by our family. There was no safe haven for us. But somehow we always managed to be happy.” WellsRememberPoorHavensGrewSafeGrew UpTreatedOur FamilySafe HavenPoor Family Author:Luis Negron