In youth, it was a way I had,
To do my best to please.
And change, with every passing lad
To suit his theories.
But now I know the things I know
And do the things I do,
And if you do not like me so,
To hell, my love, with you.
Tags: wisdom love empowerment men women self-esteem nature youth change self-discovery self-respect truthfulness character adaptation pleasing
It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men.
Mary WollstonecraftTags: empowerment gender women morality freedom virtue feminism self-determination misogyny hypocrisy independence double-standards social-norms
Tags: age experience empowerment equality gender reason men women freedom self-determination independence superiority submission women-s-rights
[I]f we revert to history, we shall find that the women who have distinguished themselves have neither been the most beautiful nor the most gentle of their sex.
Mary WollstonecraftTags: intelligence greatness empowerment gender women beauty history self-determination achievement stereotypes clichés distinction gentleness
I'm single because I was born that way.
Mae WestTags: empowerment choice freedom self-determination independence bachelorhood singles dignity singleness
I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.
Jane AustenTags: strength empowerment equality gender reason men women feminism self-determination misogyny hypocrisy independence rationality stereotypes flattery double-standards clichés social-norms women-s-rights
Looking at it, I started crying. Maybe it was knowing that I had to give up the fantasy, the enormous life consuming fantasy , that someone or something was going to do this for me – the fantasy that someone was coming to lead my life, to choose direction, to give me orgasms.
Eve EnslerTags: empowerment women
I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.
Mary WollstonecraftTags: empowerment equality gender power women freedom independence dignity women-s-rights
There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.
Jane AustenTags: fear strength empowerment women courage self-determination independence elizabeth-bennet stubbornness intimidation dignity
In the law, rights are islands of empowerment. . . . Rights contain images of power, and manipulating those images, either visually or linguistically, is central in the making and maintenance of rights. In principle, therefore, the more dizzyingly diverse the images that are propagated, the more empowered we will be as a society.
Patricia J. WilliamsTags: empowerment law diversity rights
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