“Feminism is not antisexuality. On the contrary. It says that sexuality shouldn't be confused with violence and dominance and that it should be a matter of free choice. It shouldn't be forced on you by economics, including dependence on a husband, or by pressure.” ShouldMatterChoicesViolenceFeminismHusbandEconomicsPressureIncludingSexualityContraryConfusedDependenceDominanceFree Choice Author:Gloria Steinem
“Nothing can be more touching than to behold a soft and tender female, who had been all weakness and dependence, and alive to every trivial roughness while treading the prosperous paths of life, suddenly rising in mental force to be the comforter and supporter of her husband under misfortune, and abiding with unshrinking firmness the bitterest blast of adversity.” ForcePathAliveWifeHusbandWeaknessFemaleAdversityRisingMisfortunesTouchingDependenceSupporterProsperousAbidingBlastFirmnessTreadingComforterRoughness Book:The Complete Works: With a Memoir of the Author Source: The Complete Works: With a Memoir of the Author
“Man is potentially a son, and woman is potentially a mother; woman depends on the dependence of man. The spinster, if pathetic at all, is pathetic because she has no one to look after, not because there is no one to look after her. Bear in mind that the conventional spinster keeps a canaary as a substitute for a husband.” IfsMenMindLooksMotherSonDependsBearsHusbandSubstitutesConventionalDependencePatheticSpinsters Book:I Pose Source: I Pose
“Traditionally, marriage involved a kind of bartering, rather than mutual inter-dependence or role sharing. Husbands financially and economically supported wives, while wives emotionally, psychologically and socially supported husbands. He brought home the bacon, she cooked it. He fixed the plumbing, she the psyche.” KindHomeRolesWifeInvolvedHusbandFixedMutualDependencePlumbingBartering Author:Bettina Arndt