“Significantly, in future feminist movement we will spend less time critiquing patriarchal marriage bonds and expend more effort showing alternatives, showing the value of peer relationships which are founded on principles of equality, respect, and the belief that mutual satisfaction and growth are needed for partnerships to be fulfilling and lasting.”
“It s time we woke up, women are pretty much people, seems to me. I know they dress like fools- but who´s to blame for that? We invent all those idiotic hats of theirs, and design their crazy fashions, and, what s more, if a woman is courageous enough to wear common-sense clothes -and shoes- which of us wants to dance with her? Yes, we blame them for gratifying us, but are we willing to let our wives work? We are not. It hurts our pride, that s all. We are always criticizing them for doing mercenary marriages, but what do we call a girl who marries a chump with no money? Just a poor fool, that s all. And they know it. As for Mother Eve- I wasn t there and I can t deny the story, but I will say this. If she brought evil into the world, we men have had the loin s share of keeping it going ever since- how about that?”
“Why not break free now, and make Bingtown a place where folk begin anew, all men standing on an equal footing? And all women, too. She must be Sparse s daughter, thought Keffria. Even her voice echoed his in tone. Devouchet looked at her in surprise. It was but a manner of speaking, Ekke, he said mildly. A manner of speaking becomes a manner of thinking.”
“So I am not at all interested in this whole she-shed thing, I love my man-cave - after all, cave is much more sturdy than a shed and there is always a chance that it s the entrance to Batman s secret hideout.”
“They began collecting dishes and clearing the table while Swanny sat and watched them in confusion. “Now wait a minute. I was forbidden to help and was ordered to maintain my station, but you guys are all helping.” “I don’t much believe there’s such a thing as woman’s work,” Frank said. “I’ve always brought my boys up to help out whether it’s with the cooking or cleaning. Now, their mother will give orders and usually I’m not one to teach my children to disobey their mother, but there are times, and this is one of them, when you just don’t listen to her.” Amusement flared in Swanny’s eyes. “Ah, okay. I think I get it now. I should get my ass up and help no matter what she told me.” Frank nodded and handed him a stack of dishes. “Exactly.”
“عندما نقول عن المرأة أنها أسمى من الرجل .. فلأننا نكره المساواة بها”
“After centuries of marginalization and neglect, we need to cast our own movements, projects, and ideas as a battle for relevancy in the face of historical manipulation, exploitation, and oppression. We need to fight, tooth and nail, for equity in all areas of social life. One point to make clear, ethnic and racial minorities are not looking for scraps or a handout from the old paternalistic system but an equitable, stable, and leveled playing field.”
“Inside, Harrison came face to face with a small man wearing immense plus fours. “Looking for someone?” asked the small man. “Yes, the fire chief.” “Who’s he?” By now prepared for this sort of thing, Harrison spoke as one would to a child. “See here, Mister, this is a fire-fighting outfit. Somebody bosses it. Somebody organizes the whole affair, fills forms, presses buttons, shouts orders, recommends promotions, kicks the shiftless, grabs all the credit, transfers all the blame and generally lords it around. He’s the most important man in the bunch and everybody knows it.” His forefinger tapped imperatively on the other’s chest. “And he is the fellow I’m going to talk to if it’s the last thing I do.” “Nobody is more important than anyone else. How can he be? I think you’re crazy.” “You’re welcome to think what you please but I am telling you that—.” A shrill bell clamoured, cutting off his sentence.”
“And why have you burnt our Gods, when others are brought from other Regions by the Spaniards? Are the Gods of other Provinces more sacred than ours?”
“رفع -في دخوله مكة فاتحا- كل شعار من شعائر العدل و المساواة و التواضع و الخضوع، فأردف أسامة بن زيد، و هو ابن مولى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم و لم يردف أحدا من بني هاشم، و أبناء أشراف قريش، و هم كثير.”
“Venice was a contrast from Los Angeles itself, where you might see a woman with $15,000 tits, a face frozen in place by Botox, wobbling with her $4,000 Gucci bag right past a child with a sunken belly and exposed ribs encaging a heart too weak to scream.”
“Women saying, I m not a feminist is my greatest pet peeve. Do you believe that women should be paid the same for doing the same jobs? Do you believe that women should be allowed to leave the house? Do you think that women and men both deserve equal rights? Great, then you re a feminist.”
“The origin of the word gender means to bring forth and to sort or class. Somewhere along the way it was decided that a baby girl was second-class to a baby boy. That’s just not true or right. By Divine design one gender cannot exist without the other. We are partners in life. When can we start acting like we can’t live without each other…because we can’t?”
“I learned, then, beyond question, that if all the property in the world were distributed, and an equal share given to everyone, the bulk of mankind would soon be destitute, and a few would have everything.”
“There is no man who is enterprising and keeps well up with the times but confesses that the women of to-day are in every respect, except political liberty, equal to the men.”
“كل الناس ولدوا أحرار .. غير متساوين”
“To every guy who tries to say that we have already achieved equality for the sexes, if this were true, you wouldn t be told to man up , be a man , stop being a p*#%y , harden the fuck up , toughen up , boys don t cry , don t be such a girl , stop being a wimp . As long as this type of language still exists in our society, then gender equality, my friends, has in fact not been achieved after all.”