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"The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered unhappiness."

"You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to find a woman who has had just one."

"Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths."
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"As a human rights issue, the effort to end violence against women becomes a government's obligation, not just a good idea."


"What is being called the UN 'gender architecture' is more like a shack. Women need a bigger global house if equality is ever to become a reality."


"There is no private domain of a person's life that is not political, and there is no political issue that is not ultimately personal."


"I'd make a comment at a meeting and nobody would even acknowledge me. Then some man would say the same thing and they'd all nod."


"Our very strength as lesbians lies in the fact that we are outside of patriarchy; our existence challenges its life."


"Sexual, racial, gender violence and other forms of discrimination and violence in a culture cannot be eliminated without changing culture."


"Women have a lot to say about how to advance women's rights, and governments need to learn from that, listen to the movement and respond."
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