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If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves

If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves? – Mary Astell

Other quotes by Mary Astell

Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up. – Mary Astell

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How can a Man respect his Wife when he has a contemptible Opinion of her and her Sex? – Mary Astell

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respect
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Every Body has so good an Opinion of their own Understanding as to think their own way the best. – Mary Astell

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The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes. – Bella Abzug

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To me, “sexual freedom” means freedom from having to have sex. – Lily Tomlin

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Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men — bring them softness, teach them how to cry. – Joan Baez, “Sexism Seen but not Heard,” Los Angeles Times, 1974

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Scratch most feminists and underneath there is a woman who longs to be a sex object. The difference is that is not all she wants to be. – Betty Rollin

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