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“I began to see that while equality often entailed women crossing the sexual divide between women's work and men's work, equality rarely meant that men crossed over the divide to the women's side: our side – women's – the side where work was largely, though not exclusively, unpaid or poorly paid care of dependents.”
― Love's Labor: Essays on Women, Equality, and Dependency
― Love's Labor: Essays on Women, Equality, and Dependency
“If we have any role at all, I think it’s the role of optimism, not blind or stupid optimism, but the kind which is meaningful, one that is rather close to that notion of the world which is not perfect, but which can be improved. In other words, we don’t just sit and hope that things will work out; we have a role to play to make that come about.”
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“alliance of the patriarchy and capitalism that wants us to be obedient, submissive and quiet.”
― Feminism for the 99%
― Feminism for the 99%
“...love is essentially a much simpler phenomenon--it becomes complicated, corrupted or obstructed by an unequal balance of power.”
― The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution
― The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution
“Not surprisingly, the gender of the actors seems to be one factor that determines whether a particular change is regarded as an example of “Westernization that is disrespectful of our traditions.”
― Dislocating Cultures: Identities, Traditions, and Third World Feminism
― Dislocating Cultures: Identities, Traditions, and Third World Feminism
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