“Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn t be that women are the exception.”
“I love being a woman and being a friend to other women, should be feminism s tagline.”
“I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.”
“Vendrá si trabajamos por ella, y que vale la pena trabajar hasta en la oscuridad y en la pobreza.”
“This business of womanhood is a heavy burden.”
“A seasonal feminist?? What’s that?”
“Soy dueña de mi vida. Soy dueña de mis actos.”
“That s the glory of being a man. An ugly face isn t the end of you.”
“The bourgeois sees in his wife a mere instrument of production.”
“John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage.”
“The only way for a woman, as for a man, to find herself, to know herself as a person, is by creative work of her own.”
“As a woman you are better off in life earning your own money. You couldn t prevent your husband from leaving you or taking another wife, but you could have some of your dignity if you didn t have to beg him for financial support.”
“...her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.”
“As Robin Morgan wrote so wisely, Hate generalizes, love specifies . Thats what makes going on the road so important. It definitely specifies.”
“Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.”
“I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.”
“Why do people say grow some balls ? Balls are weak and sensitive. If you wanna be tough, grow a vagina. Those things can take a pounding.”