“The demi-monde does not represent the crowd of courtesans, but the class of declassed women It is divided from that of honest women by public scandal, and divided from that of the courtesans by money.” DoeClassHonestCrowdsDividedScandalCourtesansHonest Woman Author:Marlene Dumas
“There is no honest woman with an uncorrupted heart whom a man is not sure of conquering by dint of gratitude. It is one of the surest and shortest means.” MenHeartMeanHonestGratitudeConquerNot SureHonest Woman Author:Giacomo Casanova
“Religion Has made an honest woman of the supernatural, And we won't have it kicking over the traces again.” MadeReligionHonestKickingHonest Woman Book:Selected Plays Source: Selected Plays
“Marjan. I have told him tales of good women and bad women, strong women and weak women, shy women and bold women, clever women and stupid women, honest women and women who betray. I'm hoping that, by living inside their skins while he hears their stories, he'll understand over time that women are not all this way or that way. I'm hoping he'll look at women as he does at men-that you must judge each of us on her own merits, and not condemn us or exalt us only because we belong to a particular sex.” MenWayLooksDoeStoriesStrongSexHonestStupidParticularJudgingMen And WomenWeakSkinsCleverTalesMeritShyBetrayStrong WomenOld WomanGood WomanBad WomanWeak WomenClever WomanHonest Woman Author:Susan Fletcher
“Christianity taught that men ought to be as chaste as pagans thought honest women ought to be; the contraceptive morality teaches that women need to be as little chaste as pagans thought men need be.” MenNeedsLittlesChristianityTeachHonestTaughtOughtMoralityPaganChasteContraceptivesHonest Woman Author:G. E. M. Anscombe
“The prostitute is the only honest woman left in America.” AmericaLeftHonestHonest Woman Author:Ti-Grace Atkinson