Friday, July 30, 2010

Quotes on Feminism



When I thought of the overall piece of literature I felt feminism was missing. I now feel the insertion of quotes gives me the feeling that ive covered all aspects. The misleading notions, the equations to God, the assertion of "doormatism",witches, lesbianism, and some downright dirty dealings. Not all men feel this way but at times when I walk through the halls of College, I can sense an objection to my existence, because I so choose to be a woman and feel the freedom to be divinely, ME. WOMAN. Smart, sensitive, politically edged, non dish washing, no child bearing, no hold barred, female! There are several opinions. I hope this gives the concensus which I feel still exists today. ROAR!
http://www.notable-quotes.com/f/feminism_quote.html







I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.
REBECCA WEST, "Mr. Chesterton in Hysterics," The Clarion, November 14, 1913

The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians.
PAT ROBERTSON, fundraising letter, 1992

How shall we ever make the world intelligent of our movement? I do not think that the answer lies in trying to render feminism easy, popular, and instantly gratifying. To conjure with the passive culture and adapt to its rules is to degrade and deny the fullness of our meaning and intention.
ADRIENNE RICH, On Lies, Secrets, and Silences


Feminism has become a catch-all vegetable drawer where bunches of clingy sob sisters can store their moldy neuroses.
CAMILLE PAGLIA, Vamps and Tramps

One of the reasons for the failure of feminism to dislodge deeply held perceptions of male and female behaviour was its insistence that women were victims, and men powerful patriarchs, which made a travesty of ordinary people’s experience of the mutual interdependence of men and women.
ROSALIND COWARD, Our Treacherous Hearts

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