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Protectiveness has often muffled the sound of doors closing against women.


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Aging is not "lost youth" but a new stage of opportunity and strength.



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Who knows what women can be when they are finally free to become themselves?



The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of American women alive.

The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of American women alive.



Men are not the enemy, but the fellow victims. The real enemy is women's denigration of themselves.

Men are not the enemy, but the fellow victims. The real enemy is women's denigration of themselves.



A good woman is one who loves passionately, has guts, seriousness and passionate convictions, takes responsibility, and shapes society.

A good woman is one who loves passionately, has guts, seriousness and passionate convictions, takes responsibility, and shapes society.



Some people think I'm saying, 'Women of the world unite -- you have nothing to lose but your men. It's not true. You have nothing to lose but your vacuum cleaners.

Some people think I'm saying, 'Women of the world unite -- you have nothing to lose but your men. It's not true. You have nothing to lose but your vacuum cleaners.



When she stopped conforming to the conventional picture of femininity she finally began to enjoy being a woman.

When she stopped conforming to the conventional picture of femininity she finally began to enjoy being a woman.



We need a new political movement of women and men toward a new society.

We need a new political movement of women and men toward a new society.



Just as darkness is sometimes defined as the absence of light, so age is defined as the absence of youth.

Just as darkness is sometimes defined as the absence of light, so age is defined as the absence of youth.



The feminist revolution had to be fought because women quite simply were stopped at a state of evolution far short of their human capacity.

The feminist revolution had to be fought because women quite simply were stopped at a state of evolution far short of their human capacity.





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