37 Quotes About Mysogyny

The Renaissance (like Greek democracy or the fledgling American states) was a construct that applied mainly to privileged men.

He had heard her say, so many times, that a society that approved of making abortion illegal was a society that approved of violence against women; that making abortion illegal was simply a sanctimonious, self-righteous form of violence against women- it was just another way of legalizing violence against women, Nurse Caroline would say.

Inside the (Domestic) Sphere women did things which weren't too demanding like childcare, scrubbing the floor, washing the sheets and curtains, sewing on buttons, and coalmining.

La nena segunda [de los Kent] debía ser ahijada de los Anderson, y no lo es por no ser varón. La mamá les había prometido un niño, que se llamaría Douglas, como míster Anderson... y nació una niña.-¡A veces la cigüeña se equivoca! dice riendo.Ni una sonrisa de míster Kent, que vuelve a llenar su pipa.

Toute éducation des femmes doit être relative aux hommes (...) La femme est fait pour céder à l'homme et pour supporter ses injustices.

I feel buried.

These blithering women who thought they could do a man's work. Why the hell couldn't they stay at home and mind their pots and pans and stick to their frocks and gossip and leave men's work to the men.

Mijn moeder is Papa Africa's derde vrouw. Dat mag van zijn geloof. Als zijn Egyptische vrouwen een minnaar nemen, slaat hij ze dood. Dat mag ook van zijn geloof.

La femme mariée est une esclave qu'il faut savoir mettre sur un trône.