“The test of civilization is its estimate of women.”
— George William Curtis
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You women could make someone fall in
“You women could make someone fall in love even with a lie.”
— Georg Buchner
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The labor of women in the house,
“The labor of women in the house, certainly, enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise could; and in this way women are economic factors in society. But so are horses.”
— Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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As we look forward to freedom, the
“As we look forward to freedom, the shining city on the hill and the best days of America lying ahead, it is the men and women in uniform who protect, defend and make us proud to whom we should look and give thanks every night.”
— Robin Hayes
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The power of the harasser, the abuser,
“The power of the harasser, the abuser, the rapist depends above all on the silence of women.”
— Ursula K. Le Guin
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Beauty is now defined by your bones
“Beauty is now defined by your bones sticking out of your decolletage. For that to be the standard is really perilous for women.”
— Alanis Morissette
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Women do not have as great a
“Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is poetry.”
— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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But when women are moved and lend
“But when women are moved and lend help, when women, who are by nature calm and controlled, give encouragement and applause, when virtuous and knowledgeable women grace the endeavor with their sweet love, then it is invincible.”
— Jose Marti
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Deprived of meaningful work, men and women
“Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.”
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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I love to wear lingerie. The problem
“I love to wear lingerie. The problem is that men always rip it off too quickly. When women are dolled up in lingerie they feel sexy. So let us wear it for five minutes.”
— Karen McDougal
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But the True feminist deals out of
“But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.”
— Audre Lorde
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