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Caleb Zimmer
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I think if I could snap my fingers like Thanos, I might wish for males to never have been necessary for human reproduction. I feel as though even the best individual relations between men and women do not provide respite for the horrible conditions that women are subjected to in a world ruled by men’s ideals. I mourn what safe and happy lives women could have lived if men did not feel threatened by them.
— Jun 22, 2026 04:56PM
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Caleb Zimmer
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“It is understandable why (from this perspective), women objects to masculine logic. Not only does it have no bearing on her experience, but she also knows that in men’s hands, reason becomes an insidious form of violence.”
— 56 minutes ago
Caleb Zimmer
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“It is painful to think that woman, the relative being who can only live in a couple, is more often alone than man.” Jules Michelet
— Jun 20, 2026 11:59PM
Caleb Zimmer
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“As soon as she thinks, dreams, sleeps, desires, and aspires without orders, she betrays the masculine ideal.”
— Jun 15, 2026 01:39PM
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—-> continued from the last quote, which belongs to 38%
“…An infatuated heart thus avoids many disappointments.”
— May 24, 2026 02:46PM
“…An infatuated heart thus avoids many disappointments.”
Caleb Zimmer
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“Of all these myths, none is more anchored in masculine hearts than the feminine mystery… The man who does not understand a woman is happy to replace his subjective deficiency with an objective resistance. Instead of admitting his ignorance, he recognizes the presence of a mystery exterior to himself.” 🔥🔥🔥
— May 24, 2026 02:35PM
Caleb Zimmer
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“He loves her because she is his. He fears her because she remains other. But it as the ‘feared other’ that he seeks to make her most deeply his. This is what will lead him to raise her to the dignity of a person, and to recognize her as his peer.” 🤯🤯🤯
— Mar 31, 2026 04:34PM
Caleb Zimmer
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This is an apology to all women. I’m sorry for not finishing this book during the month of March like I said I would. I’m a fourth of the way through, and I still have 30 hours of listening to go 😳 I shall endeavor to make haste 🫡🫡🫡
— Mar 24, 2026 04:59PM
