Eva Figes Quotes
The much vaunted male logic isn't logical, because they display prejudices against half the human race that are considered prejudices according to any dictionary definition.
There is a hidden fear that somehow, if they are only given a chance, women will suddenly do as they have been done by.
Sadly, man recognises that the ideal, submissive woman he has created for himself is somehow not quite what he wanted.
Nothing comes back. The eye sees for a moment, the ear hears, but look, now it is gone.
For centuries the word 'nature' has been used to bolster prejudices or to express, not reality, but a state of affairs that the user would wish to see.
Providing for one's family as a good husband and father is a water-tight excuse for making money hand over fist.
But the gates of my happy childhood had clanged shut behind me; I had become adult enough to recognize the need to conceal unbearable emotions for the sake of others.
