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“The truth has no place in a courtroom. The only thing that matters is what the prosecution can prove.”
― The Defence
― The Defence
“When boys grow up to be men, many of them act out that entitlement by interrupting women, talking over them, ignoring them, resisting their influence, discounting what they have to say, and mansplaining to them even when the women are experts.”
― The Authority Gap: Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About It
― The Authority Gap: Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About It
“It was never worth worrying about someone you didn’t love. And it wasn’t love if you didn’t worry.”
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
“Men are assumed to be competent until proven otherwise, whereas a woman is assumed to be incompetent until she proves otherwise.”
― The Authority Gap: Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About It
― The Authority Gap: Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About It
“It’s curious,” I said slowly. “Miss Marple was saying this evening that that note was all wrong.” “Confound the woman, she couldn’t know more about it if she had committed the murder herself.”
― The Complete Miss Marple Collection
― The Complete Miss Marple Collection
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