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"Teach her that the idea of 'gender roles' is absolute nonsense. Do not ever tell her that she should or should not do something because she is a girl. 'Because you are a girl' is never reason for anything. Ever."
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"Until there is equal and fair portion of opportunities apportioned for every citizen, the power structure may need to be restructured."
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Personal Development
"Being homosexual is no more abnormal than being lefthanded."
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"Maybe it wasn't a good idea to rank the people in your life. That's not how the heart worked. The heart didn't make lists."
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"It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality."
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"Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings."
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"The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond to the young workers of the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the same way."
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"The principle of equality, which is at the core of democratic values, has very little meaning in a world in which global oligarchy is taking over."
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"For example, the call for equal rights has perverted into 'let's all be the same. Male and female biological differences are discounted, because 'male and 'female are considered 'outdated social constructs, and while that is partially true, the social construct stance becomes clear reductionism when it totally discounts clear differences in male and female biology (i.e., androgyny is not the same as equality)."
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"The basis, the corner-stone of this Government, was the perfect equality of the free, sovereign, and independent States which made it."
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"You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that."
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"Each time they ignore me, I feel invisible. I want to tell them that I am just as human as the man, just as worthy of acknowledgement. These are the little things, but sometimes it is the little things that sting the most."
Awareness
"The Red Cross irritated Ugwu, the least they could do was ask Biafrans their preferred foods rather than sending so much bland flour."
Awareness
"I am just as human as the man."
Humanity
"Ma? I think you have the spirit of husband-repelling. You are too hard, ma, you will not find a husband. But my pastor can destroy that spirit."
Religion
"The sad truth of the matter is that when it comes to appearance, we start off with men as the standard, the norm."
Social
"One day, I will look up and all the people I know will be dead or abroad."
Mortality
"Papa said that the parish priest in Abba was not spiritual enough. That was the problem with our people, Papa told us, our priorities were wrong; we cared too much about huge church buildings and mighty statues. You would never see white people doing that."
Religion
"We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings in the way boys are. If we have sons, we don't mind knowing about their girlfriends. But our daughters' boyfriends? God forbid. (But we of course expect them to bring home the perfect man for marriage when the time is right.)"
Gender
"The problem with gender is that it prescribes how we should' be rather than recognizing how we are."
Gender
"Make dressing a question of taste and attractiveness instead of a question of morality."
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