“I was spending a lot of time in Mumbai after I met my husband, who is Indian, and while parts of the city were prospering like crazy, I couldn't quite make out how the new wealth had changed the prospects of the majority of city residents who lived in slums. So after a few years I stopped wondering and started reporting.” YearsWealthCitiesWonderCrazyChangedMetsHusbandMajoritySpendingIndianMy HusbandProspectsResidentsMake OutSlumsMumbaiProspering Author:Katherine Boo
“When my husband Edgar and I were courting, he said he couldn't wait to have a baby. It was only after we were married that he changed his mind and decided that I should have the baby.” ShouldMindSaidWaitingChangedBabyHusbandMarriedDecidedShould HaveMy HusbandChildbirth Book:Having a Baby Can Be a Scream Source: Having a Baby Can Be a Scream
“[After her 18-day disappearance in 1974:] I love my husband very, very much, but he didn't ask me when he ran for mayor and he didn't consult me about running for governor. It would be nice to be asked. ... You know, I've been my mother's daughter, my father's daughter, the wife of my husband, the mother of my six children, and grandmother to my eleven grandchildren, but I have never been me. But I am now because I went away. I am a changed woman.” KnowsChildrenWould BeRunningMotherAsksFatherNiceWifeChangedHusbandSixDaughterAsk MeRanGrandmotherMy HusbandGovernorsBeing NiceGrandchildrenElevenMayorsDisappearanceAssertivenessLove My HusbandI Love My Husband Author:Angela Alioto
“I can't tell you how many couples I know where the husband and the wife are both in the military and have deployed together, and they've got kids, and so I think times have changed and gender roles have blurred when it comes to the military.” ThinkingKnowsI CanKidsTogetherRolesWifeMilitaryChangedCoupleHusbandGenderGender RolesTimes Have Changed Author:Tanya Biank
“Little by little I changed my mind, and when I was about eighteen, I began to consider the possibility of getting married. Not to have a husband, but to have children.” MindChildrenLittlesPossibilityChangedHusbandMarriedEighteenGetting Married Author:Indira Gandhi
“Who knows what exactly changed Tom Cotton`s mind. I mean, maybe it was that woman who said her husband was dying and only alive thanks to the Affordable Care Act. Maybe it was the young woman on your right side of your screen who said that without the treatment she could only receive through the Affordable Care Act she herself would be dead.” KnowsMindMeanSaidWould BeCareYoungSidesAliveDyingChangedHusbandScreensThanksTreatmentTomsYoung WomenAffordableCottonAffordable Care Act Author:Rachel Maddow
“I'll always remember the phrase of my husband: "Racism is never surprising, but it is always disappointing." Anytime I see it or I feel it, that quote comes back. This is something that has to be constantly talked about in order to be changed.” RememberChangedHusbandRacismMy HusbandDisappointing Author:Ashley Graham
“In the beginning no power differential existed between male and female. God empowered both with full rights and responsibility to rule outward over all creation, not over each other. As we know all too well, the fall changed everything, precipitating male rule over women and also the rule of some men over other men, a.k.a., patriarchy. Within patriarchy, women no longer derive their value from their Creator, but from men - father, husband, and sons. Within patriarchy, a woman's value is gauged by counting her sons.” MenValuesFallFatherResponsibilityCreationChangedSonHusbandFemalePatriarchyEmpowered Author:Carolyn Custis James
“Women's sexuality is something that is a very touchy subject for a lot of women...I had to free my body from all of the binding, all the shutting down, and all of the censorship I had already put on it. When I did that, everything in my life changed. My relationship with my husband changed. My relationship to the world changed. My relationship to my body changed. My relationship to my female friends changed in huge ways.” WorldChangedHusbandFemaleSexualityLife ChangingMy HusbandCensorship Author:Sheila Kelley
“People changed lots of other personal things all the time. They dyed their hair and dieted themselves to near death. They took steroids to build muscles and got breast implants and nose jobs so they'd resemble their favorite movie stars. They changed names and majors and jobs and husbands and wives. They changed religions and political parties. They moved across the country or the world -- even changed nationalities. Why was gender the one sacred thing we weren’t supposed to change? Who made that rule?” PeopleWorldMadeCountryJobsPoliticalNamesStarsPartyWifeChangedHairHusbandMajorsSacredMovedGenderNosesMusclesBreastsPolitical PartiesMovie StarNationalityHusband And WifeSteroidPersonal ThingsImplantsNear DeathSacred ThingsBreast Implants Book:Parrotfish Source: Parrotfish