“ Radical feminist theorists do not seek to make gender a bit more flexible, but to eliminate it. They are gender abolitionists, and understand gender to provide the framework and rationale for male dom… Sheila Jeffreys
“ As Atwood concludes after a random and informal sampling, men and women differ markedly in the 'scope of their threatenability': 'Why do men feel threatened by woman?' I asked a male friend of mine...… Shuli Barzilai
“ (Georgie) Two hundred years later and it's exactly the same thing. You want to spend every single moment with your children and still have a fulfilling life at work. Nancy Woodruff
“ The more sexual partners a woman has had, the more likely it is that she is depressed. Mark Regnerus
“ Clothing was magic. Casey believed this. She would never admit this to her classmates in any of her women's studies courses, but she felt that an article of clothing could change a person... Each skir… Min Jin Lee
“ Troubles always seemed more severe after the sun went down. Even irrational worries and fears could seem perfectly logical at midnight. Jeanne Stephens
“ Not being assaulted is not a privilege to be earned through the judicious application of personal safety strategies. A woman should be able to walk down the street at 4 in the morning in nothing but h… Emily Nagoski
“ In a shelter meant for battered women, there were only two reasons a person would decide to leave. One, she had decided to launch out on her own and begin a new life. Or two, she had decided to go bac… Deborah Bedford
“ She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness. It is the feet of clay that make the gold of the image precious. Oscar Wilde
“ Just about all men need a woman in one way or another, unless they’re very strange indeed. Tormenting you refreshes him. And you shouldn’t underestimate the gratitude all men feel for women’s beauty.… Robertson Davies
“ It sometimes entered Mr. Pontellier's mind to wonder if his wife were not growing a little unbalanced mentally. He could see plainly that she was not herself. That is, he could not see that she was be… Kate Chopin
“ We like the wrong sorts of girls, they wrote. They are usually the ones worth writing about. Catherynne M. Valente
“ Generally, I decided, it was better to wait, if you had any feeling for the individual. If you hated her right off, it was better to fuck her right off; if you didn't, it was better to wait, then fuck… Charles Bukowski
“ He was in love with every pretty woman he saw now, their forms at a distance, their shadows on the walls. F. Scott Fitzgerald
“ The study of history is useful to the historian by teaching him his ignorance of women. Henry Adams
