“I think it's unfortunate that there exists only one path in America to complete social legitimacy, and that is marriage. I think, for instance, that it would be far easier for Americans to elect a black president or a female president than an unmarried president.” ThinkingWould BeAmericaSocialBlackPresidentPathEasierFemaleInstanceUnfortunateLegitimacyUnmarriedFemale President Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“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
“Will it be said that the judgment of a male of two years old, is more sage than that of a female's of the same age? I believe the reverse is generally observed to be true. But from that period what partiality! how is the one exalted, and the other depressed, by the contrary modes of education which are adopted! the one is taught to aspire, and the other is early confined and limited. As their years increase, the sister must be wholly domesticated, while the brother is led by the hand through all the flowery paths of science.” YearsBelieveSaidTwoHandsAgeI BelievePathTaughtBrotherPeriodsJudgmentFemaleIncreaseMalesContraryBeing TrueInequalityTwo YearsSexismReverseAspireSageAdoptedConfinedExaltedTwo Year OldsPartiality Book:Selected Writings of Judith Sargent Murray Source: Selected Writings of Judith Sargent Murray
“I understand why so many female comics quit or change their path, because it is hard. It's hard to be a comedian, and people have so much aggression towards women. I don't really know where that comes from, but I feel a total responsibility, and I'm gonna do my part, to continue on the path that I'm on.” PeopleKnowsFeelsHardResponsibilityPathFemaleQuittingComedianAggression Author:Amy Schumer
“Not only men, but also women, the weaker sex, in going by the narrow path of Christ have received for themselves the Kingdom of Heaven. For there is neither male nor female, but everyone receives his own reward according to his own labor.” MenInspirationalChristianHeavenSexChristReligiousPathFemaleLaborRewardsMalesKingdomsOrthodoxKingdom Of HeavenNarrow Path Author:Ephrem the Syrian
“The excitement that you were feeling about a special, unique path for yourself as a woman is all part of your identification with and attachment to being female. And that's ultimately all ego.” FeelingsPathSpecialEgoUniqueFemaleExcitementAttachmentIdentification Author:Andrew Cohen
“Each time we deny our female functions, each time we deviate from our bodies' natural path, we move father away from out feminine roots. Our female bodies need us now more than ever, and we too need the wisdom, the wildness, the passion, the joy, the vitality and the authenticity that we can gain through this most intimate of reconciliations.” NeedsBodyMovingJoyPassionFatherNaturalPathGainsFemaleRootsFunctionDenyAuthenticityIntimateFeminineVitalityReconciliationWildnessDeviateFemale Body Author:Sarah J. Buckley
“Solidarity among the male and female workers, a general cause, general goals, a general path to that goal - that is the solution to the "woman" question in the working-class environment.” CausesGoalClassPathEnvironmentSolutionsFemaleWorkersMalesDishesSolidarityWorking Class Author:Nadezhda Krupskaya