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“For a start it doesn’t much matter what line you take as a woman, if you venture into traditional male territory, the abuse comes anyway. It is not what you say that prompts it, it’s simply the fact that you’re saying it.”
― Mary Beard, Women & Power: A Manifesto

“You cannot easily fit women into a structure that is already coded as male; you have to change the structure.”
― Mary Beard, Women & Power: A Manifesto

“we have no template for what a powerful woman looks like, except that she looks rather like a man.”
― Mary Beard, Women & Power: A Manifesto

“It is not just that it is more difficult for women to succeed; they get treated much more harshly if ever they mess up.”
― Mary Beard, Women & Power: A Manifesto