The original languages didn't even have he and she. They didn't have concepts of masculine and feminine. People were people. And the whole idea was that we were in a circle together, not in a hierarchy together.

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learning must travel the distance from head to heart.

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distance heart

Voting isn't the most we can do. But it is the least.

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voting can-do

In the last 25 years, we've convinced ourselves and a majority of the country that women can do what men can do. Now we have to convince the majority of the country - and ourselves - that men can do what women can do. ... Let's face it: until men are fully equal inside the home, women will never be really equal outside it.

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equality home country

Feminism isn't whatever you want it to be.

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feminism

We've learned that women can and should do 'men's jobs,' for instance, and we've won the principle (if not the fact) of getting equal pay. But we haven't yet established the principle (much less the fact) that men can and should do 'women's jobs': that homemaking and child-rearing are as much a man's responsibility, too, and that those jobs in which women are concentrated outside the home would probably be better paid if more men became secretaries, file clerks, and nurses, too.

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home jobs children

A man can be called ruthless if he bombs a country to oblivion. A woman can be called ruthless if she puts you on hold.

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bombs men country

For women... bras, panties, bathing suits, and other stereotypical gear are visual reminders of a commercial, idealized feminine image that our real and diverse female bodies can't possibly fit. Without these visual references, each individual woman's body demands to be accepted on its own terms. We stop being comparatives. We begin to be unique.

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feminist unique real

Transformation happens in small groups. Each person can speak and all listen.

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transformation groups healing

I hate when people say, "Have fun at the press preview." Fun is talking to you.

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hate fun people

The ends and means are a seamless web.

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ends evil mean

This is the wisdom: If we bless our bodies, they will bless us.

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bless body blessing

No, I'll take responsibility for my own life, I am going to make a decision. And you know, to this day, I would raise flags on all public buildings to celebrate the chance I had to make that decision.

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flags decision responsibility

The point is less what we choose than that we have the power to make a choice.

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freedom choices

One of the things I understood from early on was that art was a symbol of systemic inequity.

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art

There's really a shortage of good freelance writers. ... There are a lot of talented people who are very erratic, so either they don't turn it in or they turn it in and it's rotten; it's amazing. Somebody who's even maybe not all that terrific but who is dependable, who will turn in a publishable piece more or less on time, can really do very well.

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erratic pieces people

The point of the journey is not just healing. It's also recovering the truest, most spontaneous, joyful, and creative core of ourselves.

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journey healing life

As a writer and as a human being, Susan Dworkin has always had the

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humorous dream justice

A portable friend to all readers-especia lly but not only women-who need to learn that the Golden Rule works only if it's reversible: We must learn to treat ourselves as well as we wish to treat others.

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golden wish needs

Whatever you want to do,do it now.

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want

Feminism is about friends and sisters and community.

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feminism community