Patriarchy Quotes Quotes

“Tantra is about cultivating ecstasy and the awe for Shakti—the raw feminine energy that drives the world. When the male force Shiva and the feminine Shakti unite in unrestrained love, freedom is born. Freedom from ignorance, fear, hatred, bigotry, patriarchy, and misogyny.”
― Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

“Many men are fascinated by the consciously evolving female who makes them feel free inside. But they're too unsure of their own standing to actually stay with such women. They want a sheepish, sort-of-dumb woman at home for them, then they imagine themselves being swept off their feet by a goddess somewhere outside. These are the kinds of men that aren't worth being with. You want to have a man who can sail a ship just as well as you can, a man who puts both his feet in the same boat at the same time, someone whose manhood is never defined by female docility.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“Ah, patriarchy, where men are from Mars, and women are from 'don't you worry your pretty little head about it.”
― Anubha Saxena

“It is traumatic to find out that so much of what you have been taught to believe and stand for is actually used to control you.”
― Malebo Sephodi, Miss Behave

“Patriarchy: Doing the same thing for centuries and expecting women to be grateful for the progress.”
― Anubha Saxena

“I will forever be the enemy of patriarchy, whichever language it speaks or God it worships.”
― Mariam Khan, It's Not About the Burqa

“It was overwhelmingly white men held the keys to the doors that I needed to get through.”
― Mariam Khan, It's Not About the Burqa

“What is the point of being represented if it is only our image that is invited to the table?”
― Mariam Khan, It's Not About the Burqa