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i’m not ready for her to tear me to shreds. it’s criminal to exist in a world where you are conscious of your oppressor. there are so many layers to womanhood that i’ve come to unfold the older i get. i feel as though i’ve lost myself at times, forgetting how rebellious and opposed i felt to the ruthless labels placed on me. i always refuse to be a submissive little girl in this world im an angry ball of fire

"Men's economic privilege, their social value, the prestige of marriage, the usefulness of masculine support – all these encourage women to ardently want to please men. They are on the whole still in a state of serfdom. It follows that woman knows and chooses herself not as she exists for herself but as man defines her."