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“For the masculine man, it is sometimes hard not to be angry at weakness and emotional immaturity in others, but to activate this lack of patience is what would make him the same as the very thing he's angry about.”
― Criss Jami

“I love them, they are so nice and selfish. Dogs are TOO good and unselfish. They make me feel uncomfortable. But cats are gloriously human.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island

“Consent is a language that has many thousands more words than just 'yes' and 'no', but it's these two that everyone fixates on when determining the strength of a rape complaint. Perhaps she didn't say yes--but she didn't say no, either. It's a thought process that overwhelmingly favours the men most likely to be accused of rape, and the degree to which it will be used to protect them varies according to how much prestige and status their privilege affords them.”
― Clementine Ford, Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship

“I could have written a new chapter in recent years about evolving gender roles and identities - but it would remain true that when a man in our culture says NO, it's the end of the discussion, and when a woman in our culture says NO, it's the beginning of a negotiation.”
― Gavin de Becker, The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker & The Ultimate Edge by Dale Carnegie 2 Books Collection Set