“I respect every mother and I believe people are entitled to use whatever benefits, claims and entitlements, if you like, that are available to them” PeopleIfsBelieveUseMotherI BelieveBenefitsClaimsAvailableEntitledEntitlement Author:Chris Bowen
“When I started out in public life there used to be a saying we'd hear from time to time, that every man who runs for public office will claim that he was born in a log cabin he built with his own hands. Well, my mother knew better. And she made sure I did too.” MenWellsMadeHandsRunningUsedMotherBornOfficeBuiltClaimsEvery ManUsed To BePublic LifeCabinsPublic OfficeLog Cabins Author:William J. Clinton
“claims about what's 'natural' have long been used to reinforce traditional gender roles and values. ... Even the notion that women should have children at all is based on the idea that a woman's inherent and most important role is that of mother. Shockingly, men's 'innate' roles are a lot more fun than the ones bestowed on women.” MenShouldChildrenLongImportantIdeasUsedMotherValuesFunNaturalRolesShould HaveClaimsNotionGenderTraditionalSexismInherentInnateGender Roles Author:Jessica Valenti
“A group of women who valued motherhood, but valued it on their own timetable, began to make a new claim, one that had never surfaced in the abortion debate before this, that abortion was a woman's right. Most significantly, they argued that this right to abortion was essential to their right to equality -- the right to be treated as individuals rather than as potential mothers.” MotherIndividualGroupsEssentialsClaimsMotherhoodDebateTreatedAbortionTimetables Book:Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood Source: Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood
“We are not a nation, so much as a world; for unless we claim all the world for our sire, like Melchisedec, we are without father or mother.” WorldMotherFatherNationsClaims Book:Redburn Source: Redburn
“Jesus makes large claims for his heavenly father but never mentions that his mother is or was a virgin, and is repeatedly very rude and coarse to her when she makes an appearance.” MotherFatherJesusClaimsAppearanceHeavenlyRudeVirginsHeavenly FatherCoarse Book:God is Not Great Source: God is Not Great