“We must raise both the ceiling and the floor.”
― Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
― Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
“A woman is human.
She is not better, wiser, stronger, more intelligent, more creative, or more responsible than a man.
Likewise, she is never less.
Equality is a given.
A woman is human.”
― The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration
She is not better, wiser, stronger, more intelligent, more creative, or more responsible than a man.
Likewise, she is never less.
Equality is a given.
A woman is human.”
― The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration
“…women were brought up to have only one set of manners. A woman was either a lady or she wasn't, and we all know what the latter meant. Not even momentary lapses were allowed; there is no female equivalent of the boys-will-be-boys concept.”
― Common Courtesy: In Which Miss Manners Solves the Problem That Baffled Mr. Jefferson
― Common Courtesy: In Which Miss Manners Solves the Problem That Baffled Mr. Jefferson
“All through life there were distinctions - toilets for men, toilets for women; clothes for men, clothes for women - then, at the end, the graves are identical.”
― Minaret
― Minaret
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