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“There is no greater lever for keeping women in poverty, in subservience, than to deny them the ability to determine their procreative future.”
― Elise Loehnen, On Our Best Behavior: The Price Women Pay to Be Good

“This denial prevents us from crediting ourselves (pride), pleasuring ourselves (lust), feeding and securing ourselves (gluttony, greed), releasing our emotions and asserting our needs (anger), relaxing (sloth), and desiring…really anything at all (envy). This denial keeps us from celebrating abundance, personal accomplishment, and fulfillment.”
― Elise Loehnen, On Our Best Behavior: The Price Women Pay to Be Good

“As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is allowing yourself to know what you know. That takes an enormous amount of courage.”
― Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

“We are coached, above all, to prioritize our likability as the surest path to safety and survival.”
― Elise Loehnen, On Our Best Behavior: The Price Women Pay to Be Good