Sydney Zekley
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“The body is a clothing that suits us for life. (Le corps est un habit - Qui nous va à vie.)”
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“Here, by the grace of God and an inside straight, we have a personality untouched by the psychotic taboos of our tribe - and you want to turn him into a carbon copy of every fourth-rate conformist in this frightened land! Why don't you go whole hog? Get him a brief case and make him carry it wherever he goes - make him feel shame if he doesn't have it.”
― Stranger in a Strange Land
― Stranger in a Strange Land
“The responsibility for men's behavior, indeed for civilization itself rests entirely with women here, and in how they dress and behave. Men's animalistic impulses are presumed to be overwhelming and uncontrollable. And as men are brutal, brainless savages, women must hide their bodies to avoid being assaulted. In most societies, a respectable woman, to varying degrees, is expected to cover up. If she doesn't she is inviting assault.”
― The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan
― The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan
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