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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

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Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom. – Mary Astell

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Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man. – Margaret Mead

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Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness. – Erica Jong

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