“Recently a young mother asked for advice. What, she wanted to know, was she to do with a 7-year-old who was obstreperous, outspoken, and inconveniently willful? "Keep her," I replied.... The suffragettes refused to be polite in demanding what they wanted or grateful for getting what they deserved. Works for me.”
Anna Quindlen
“ No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility. ”
mi·sog·y·ny
\mə-ˈsä-jə-nē\
— miso·gy·nic
— mi·sog·y·nist
— mi·sog·y·nis·ticFunction: noun
Etymology: Greek misogynia, from misein to hate + gynē woman — more at queen
Date: circa 1656 : a hatred of women
The painting is oil on canvas by Jules Joseph Lefebvre, 1870; title is "La Vérité" ("Truth"); source Wikimedia Commons
“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.”
Maya Angelou
Image is Maya Angelou reciting her poem, "On the Pulse of Morning," at President Bill Clinton's inauguration, 1993. From Wikimedia Commons.
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