Quotes about Patriarchy

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I like to see you in a sari, with your long hair dressed in a single plait. Don't forget that I married a girl from Indi — K. Kanagalatha, The Goddess in the Living Room
That not all men are piggy, only some; that not all men belittle me, only some; that not all men get mad if you won’t le — Joanna Russ, On Strike Against God
IT is enough for the Men to find a thing establish'd to make them believe it well grounded. In all countries we are seen — Lady Sophia Fermor, Woman Not Inferior to Man: Or, a Short and Modest Vindication of the Natural Right of the Fair-Sex to a Perfect Equality of Power, Dignity and Esteem with the Men
At times I am flabbergasted that my memory is considered false and my alcoholic father's memory is considered rational a — Jennifer J. Freyd
Male dominance in society always means that out of public sight, in the private, ahistorical world of men with women, me — Andrea Dworkin, Right Wing Women
Masculinity is simply a conglomeration of the personality traits necessary for the patriarchal soldier-rapist: physicall — Lierre Keith
Loneliness chosen is always preferable to loneliness imposed — bell hooks
No woman is responsible for altering the psyche of her oppressor, even when that psyche is embodied in another woman. — Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Formerly, many men dominated women within marriage. Now, despite a much wider acceptance of women as workers, men domina — Arlie Russell Hochschild, The Second Shift: Working Families and the Revolution at Home
How can anyone love someone who is less than a full person, unless love itself is domination per se? — Andrea Dworkin, Intercourse
Sexual abuse of children now presents society with the ultimate crisis of patriarchy, when children refuse to protect th — Beatrix Campbell
As long as fathers rule but do not nurture, as long as mothers nurture but do not rule, the conditions favoring the deve — Judith Lewis Herman, Father-Daughter Incest: With a New Afterword