149 Quotes About Womens-rights

Many of us were the unplanned children of talented, creative women whose lives had been changed by unplanned and unwanted pregnancies. We witnessed their bitterness, their rage, their disappointment with their lot in life and we were clear that there could be no genuine sexual liberation for women and men without better, safer contraceptives, without the right to a safe, legal abortion.

Lucky you that you can plan and think and plot without pretense. That you can want openly, that you don't have to stuff it all inside yourself to molder. Lucky you that you can lift your eyes to the sky without singeing your wings. Lucky you that you can consider the future without terror.

Det er mit stille håb, at udgivelsen af ‘Dødevaskeren’ vil være med til at ændre forholdene for undertrykte kvinder og børn verden over.

Jeg var bare en skygge, en levende død. […] fordi jeg var et produkt af en undertrykkelse, som ingen mennesker fortjener at blive udsat for. Jeg har ikke oplevet andet end svigt. Jeg har ikke oplevet andet end ødelæggelse. Jeg har ikke oplevet andet end at blive set ned på og blive behandlet dårligt.

There's no way to win. You're a monster if you get an abortion, a slut if you had sex, a moron if you decide to keep the baby.

Little Lucien," Rhys purred. "Didn't the Lady of the Autumn Court ever tell you that when a woman says no, she means it?

...a later scene...was perhaps Mercy's strongest indictment of the colonial disregard for women and families.

Man treats woman as his own property and not as being capable of feelings, like himself.

This is why we all fight so hard. Not just for the vote, but for an equal opportunity in the world.