Quotes about "Women's Wisdom"

In a way, women are a psychic immigrant group. ”

For much of the female half of the world, food is the first signal of our inferiority. It lets us know that our own families may consider female bodies to be less deserving, less needy, less valuable. ”

Most women's magazines simply try to mold women into bigger and better consumers. ”

What has the women's movement learned from Geraldine Ferraro's candidacy for vice president? Never get married. ”

Clearly no one knows what leadership has gone undiscovered in women of all races, and in black and other minority men. ”

I was never against marriage per se. Before feminism, I didn't think you had any choice. In fact, for a long time I always assumed I would get married. I just didn't see any marriages I wanted to emulate, so I kept putting it off. ”

Feminism began to dawn on my brain belatedly in life. ”

Gender is probably the most restricting force in American life. ”

Because women of color were more likely to be in the paid labor force, they were more likely to recognize discrimination, so they were always leading the women's movement. ”

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself. ”