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“Because women don't have to be men's equals to be considered contenders; they have to be better. That's the lie of it all. You have to be better to prove yourself worthy of being equal.”
― The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
― The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
“In many or most moments these minds are exquisitely coordinated; feelings are essential to thought, thought to feeling. But when passions surge the balance tips: it is the emotional mind that captures the upper hand, swamping the rational mind.”
― Emotional Intelligence
― Emotional Intelligence
“Emotional explosions are neural hijackings. At those moments, evidence suggests, a center in the limbic brain proclaims an emergency, recruiting the rest of the brain to its urgent agenda. The hijacking occurs in an instant, triggering this reaction crucial moments before the neocortex, the thinking brain, has had a chance to glimpse fully what is happening, let alone decide if it is a good idea.”
― Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
― Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
“The hippocampus is crucial in recognizing a face as that of your cousin. But it is the amygdala that adds you don't really like her.”
― Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
― Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
“The system of patriarchy can function only with the cooperation of women. This cooperation is secured by a variety of means: gender indoctrination; educational deprivation; the denial of women of knowledge of their history; the dividing of women, on from another, by defining "respectability" and "deviance" according to women's sexual activities; by restraints and outright coercion; by discrimination in access to economic resources and political power; and by awarding class privileges to conforming women.”
― The Creation of Patriarchy
― The Creation of Patriarchy
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