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Quotes About Equality

No nation can be freer than its most oppressed, richer than its poorest, wiser than its most ignorant.
~ Jill Lepore
In the end, the judge ruled that no woman has "the right to copulate with a feeling of security that there will be no resulting conception": if a woman isn't willing to die in childbirth, she shouldn't have sex.
~ Jill Lepore
And that's the point! Not even girls want to be girls so long as our feminine archetype lacks force strength power. Not wanting to be girls, they don't want to be tender, submissive, peace-loving as good women are. Women's strong qualities have become despised because of their week ones.
~ Jill Lepore
Girls are also human beings, a point often overlooked.
~ Jill Lepore
Men talk of the Negro problem," he began. "There is no Negro problem," he said, his voice rising. "The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own Constitution."123
~ Jill Lepore
Wonder Woman' is gifted with tremendous physical strength—but unlike Superman she can be injured." Marston went on, " Ã¢â'¬ËœWonder Woman' has bracelets welded on her wrists; with these she can repulse bullets. But if she lets any man weld chains on these bracelets, she loses her power. This, says Dr. Marston, is what happens to all women when they submit to a man's domination.
~ Jill Lepore
And that's the point; not even girls want to be girls so long as our feminine archetype lacks force, strength and power. Not wanting to be girls, they don't want to be tender, submissive, peace-loving as good women are. Women's strong qualities have become despised because of their week ones.
~ Jill Lepore
You can be strong as any boy if you'll work hard and train yourself in athletics, the way boys do.
~ Jill Lepore
The "basis of Feminism," Sanger said, had to be a woman's control over her own body, "the right to be a mother regardless of church or state."15
~ Jill Lepore
Life isn't fair. You know it isn't, said Lucas. I do know that, but it's still not fair that it isn't fair.
~ Jill Mansell
Why do men think they can get away with it? Because they're men.
~ Jill Mansell
Men exist because a vibrator can't fix a flat tire. On second thought, I should just buy a AAA card...
~ Jill Shalvis
All you have to do is take a man at face value. Don't go into it thinking you can change them. Men aren't fixer-uppers, not like a house or a car. You buy them as is.
~ Jill Shalvis
Let me in.' 'Come to the door.' You always demanding like that? No wonder she isn't answering. Try asking sometime. Not all women will stand for that 50 Shades crap, you know.
~ Jill Shalvis
why does the word 'pussy' equate to weakness, when even the slightest flick to a guy's 'balls of steel' sends him to his knees—but vaginas can push out an entire human being?
~ Jill Shalvis
And in the same vein," she said, "why does the word 'pussy' equate to weakness, when even the slightest flick to a guy's 'balls of steel' sends him to his knees—but vaginas can push out an entire human being?
~ Jill Shalvis
That was one of the things she loved about him. He assumed she could walk and chew gum at the same time. He never second-guessed her, and he didn't try to change her. He accepted.
~ Jill Shalvis
Inside, the two men holed up in Donald's office for a few minutes, where apparently no vaginas were invited.
~ Jill Shalvis
I'm a lesbian. I'm not dead.
~ Jill Shalvis
You don't need protecting. You actually don't need anything. That's what makes you so attractive to me. You want someone to stand at your side, not at your back.
~ Jill Shalvis
When climbing the ladder of life, don't let boys look up your dress!
~ Jill Shalvis
Coloring all of us with the same pen then?
~ Jill Shalvis
That was one of the things she loved about him. He assumed she could walk and chew gum at the same time. He nevef second-guessed her, and he didn't try to change her. He accepted
~ Jill Shalvis
So I've got just one question for you," she said softly. "Hit me." "Do friends sleep together?" "If the female half of our duo wants to." "Why the female half?" He laughed. "Because the male half always wants to.
~ Jill Shalvis