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“I think that we're all mentally ill. Those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better - and maybe not all that much better after all.”
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“A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.”
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“Society conspires against her from early infancy. Her brain is steadily filled with plaster until it sets: ‘If you’re not married by the time you’re twenty-five, you’ll have good reason to be ashamed’; ‘if you laugh, you won’t look dignified’ ; ‘if your face betrays your feelings, you’ll look coarse’; ‘if you mention the existence of a single body hair, you’re repulsive’ ; ‘if a boy kisses you on the cheek in public, you’re a whore’; if you enjoy eating, you’re a pig’; ‘if you take pleasure in sleeping, you’re no better than a cow’; and so on.
These precepts would be merely anecdotal if they weren’t taken so much to heart.”
― Stupeur et tremblements
These precepts would be merely anecdotal if they weren’t taken so much to heart.”
― Stupeur et tremblements
“True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.”
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“To emphasize how truly backward our society is...let's finish with a little quiz. Let's do it like Jeopardy.
In 1990, this government required companies to give a new mother a year's leave at 90% pay.
Answer: What was Sweden?
This country provided nurseries for most children over eighteen months.
Answer: What was Sweden?
Nearly half of the children under three in this country were in publicly financed nurseries, and nearly 95% of children three to six were (and are).
Answer: What is Denmark?
In this country, 95% of children aged three to five are in preschool.
Answer: What is France?
This country provides care for one quarter of children under three in wholly or partially subsidized nurseries.
Answer: What is France?
In 1984, this country gave workers twelve weeks of maternity leave with pay.
Answer: What is Brazil? (Yes, Brazil!)
This country mandated eight weeks of maternity leave WITH PAY.
Answer: What is Kenya? (You heard us, Kenya!)
This country provided none of these things; instead, to help mothers and small children, its magazines featured profiles of rich celebrity moms who could show women how to do it all.
Answer: What was the United States?”
― The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women
In 1990, this government required companies to give a new mother a year's leave at 90% pay.
Answer: What was Sweden?
This country provided nurseries for most children over eighteen months.
Answer: What was Sweden?
Nearly half of the children under three in this country were in publicly financed nurseries, and nearly 95% of children three to six were (and are).
Answer: What is Denmark?
In this country, 95% of children aged three to five are in preschool.
Answer: What is France?
This country provides care for one quarter of children under three in wholly or partially subsidized nurseries.
Answer: What is France?
In 1984, this country gave workers twelve weeks of maternity leave with pay.
Answer: What is Brazil? (Yes, Brazil!)
This country mandated eight weeks of maternity leave WITH PAY.
Answer: What is Kenya? (You heard us, Kenya!)
This country provided none of these things; instead, to help mothers and small children, its magazines featured profiles of rich celebrity moms who could show women how to do it all.
Answer: What was the United States?”
― The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women
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