“Many a housewife staring at the back of her husband's newspaper, or listening to his breathing in bed is lonelier than any spinster in a rented room.”
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“It is agreed that little girls should have a different physical education than little boys, but it is not admitted how much of the difference is counseled by the conviction that little girls should not look like little boys.”
― The Female Eunuch
― The Female Eunuch
“...the consequences of militancy do not disappear when the need for militancy is over. Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it.”
― The Female Eunuch
― The Female Eunuch
“Status ought not to be measured by a woman's ability to attract and snare a man.”
― The Female Eunuch
― The Female Eunuch
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