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Women must begin to "save" themselves and their daughters before they "save" their husbands and their sons; before they "save" the whole world.
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Most mother-women give up whatever ghost of a unique and human self they may have when they 'marry' and raise children.
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… It is clear that women who are feminists must gradually and ultimately dominate public and social institutions—so as to ensure that they are not used against women. I say "dominate" because I don't think that "equality" or "individuality" will be possible for women who have never experienced supremacy in public institutions as men have.... The point is to have our entire social drama played out as fully by women as by men. And it is revolutionary by definition to have women "out of the biological home," both psychologically and actually. Whatever happens after that is then a matter for... everyone.
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Perhaps only some young women, perhaps only a minority of all women, will be able to effect such changes through consciousness alone, through the strength of understanding, which, if transformed into wisdom, always means the performance of necessary actions.
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I am not saying that a female-dominated or Amazon society based on the oppression of men is any more "just" than is a male-dominated society based on the oppression of women. I am merely pointing out in what ways it is better for women. Perhaps someday a choice between forms of injustice will not be necessary.
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This is the story of a young and naive Jewish American woman who meant to rebel against tradition—but who found herself trapped in the past, stuck in the Middle Ages, without a passport back.
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As I noted previously, the burqa is not religiously mandated. In the past many Muslim countries either banned the burqa or allowed women and their families to choose how women would dress.
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From a human rights point of view the burqa demoralizes both the wearer and all women who see her: hobbled, hidden, invisible, unable or forbidden to join the social conversation.
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I would like women to understand that although women love and depend upon each other, we are, collectively, also inhumane, sometimes even cruel and sadistic to each other.
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Many women tend to choose peace over conflict. This often means accepting the status quo and punishing anyone who dares challenge it.
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The bullying girls blame the victims for having done something annoying, indiscreet, or aggravating, or for having started the conflict, thus bringing it on themselves. This is known as the Provocative Victim explanation.
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I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.
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Phyllis Chesler
Born:
October 1, 1940
(age 83)
Bio:
Phyllis Chesler is an American writer, psychotherapist, and professor emerita of psychology and women's studies at the College of Staten Island.
Known for:
An American Bride in Kabul: A Memoir (2013)
Women And Madness (1972)
Woman's inhumanity to woman (2001)
Mothers on trial (1986)
The New Anti-Semitism (2003)
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