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Any being who does that, is no human.&rdquo; <br /> &#8213; <span class="authorOrTitle"> Abhijit Naskar, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_34961869> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/56236012">The Bengal Tigress: A Treatise on Gender Equality</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/achievement">achievement</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/bad-woman">bad-woman</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/brainy-quotes">brainy-quotes</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female">female</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female-beauty">female-beauty</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female-characters">female-characters</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female-empowerment">female-empowerment</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female-hero">female-hero</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female-liberation">female-liberation</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female-protagonist">female-protagonist</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/females">females</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminine">feminine</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminine-power">feminine-power</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/femininity">femininity</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminism">feminism</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminism-identity">feminism-identity</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminismo">feminismo</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminist">feminist</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminist-quotes">feminist-quotes</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminists">feminists</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girl">girl</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girl-power">girl-power</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girl-quotes">girl-quotes</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girls">girls</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/good-woman">good-woman</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/great-woman">great-woman</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/great-women">great-women</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/humanism">humanism</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/humanity">humanity</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/humankind">humankind</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/inspirational">inspirational</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/inspiring-women">inspiring-women</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/leadership">leadership</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/leadership-development">leadership-development</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/man-and-woman">man-and-woman</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/man-and-woman-quote">man-and-woman-quote</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/mankind">mankind</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/neuropsychology">neuropsychology</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal">patriarchal</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-culture">patriarchal-culture</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-paradigm">patriarchal-paradigm</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-society">patriarchal-society</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchy">patriarchy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/success">success</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/woman">woman</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/woman-quotations">woman-quotations</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/woman-quotes">woman-quotes</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/woman-s-character">woman-s-character</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/woman-s-strength">woman-s-strength</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/womanhood">womanhood</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women">women</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-and-men">women-and-men</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-empowerment">women-empowerment</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-quotes">women-quotes</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-s-inspirational">women-s-inspirational</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-s-rights">women-s-rights</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-s-strength">women-s-strength</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/womens-rights">womens-rights</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/words-of-wisdom">words-of-wisdom</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/8504059-how-dare-a-person-tell-a-woman-how-to-dress">15 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/13720247.Abhijit_Naskar"> <img alt="Abhijit Naskar" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1729975750i/13720247._UX200_CR0,33,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> &ldquo;All the bloodsheds in human history have been caused by men, not women.&rdquo; <br /> &#8213; <span class="authorOrTitle"> Abhijit Naskar, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_34961869> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/56236012">The Bengal Tigress: A Treatise on Gender Equality</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/achievement">achievement</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/bad-woman">bad-woman</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/brainy-quotes">brainy-quotes</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female">female</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female-beauty">female-beauty</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female-characters">female-characters</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female-empowerment">female-empowerment</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female-hero">female-hero</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female-liberation">female-liberation</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female-protagonist">female-protagonist</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/females">females</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminine">feminine</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminine-power">feminine-power</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/femininity">femininity</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminism">feminism</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminism-identity">feminism-identity</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminismo">feminismo</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminist">feminist</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminist-quotes">feminist-quotes</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminists">feminists</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girl">girl</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girl-power">girl-power</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girl-quotes">girl-quotes</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girls">girls</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/good-woman">good-woman</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/great-woman">great-woman</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/great-women">great-women</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/humanism">humanism</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/humanity">humanity</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/humankind">humankind</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/inspirational">inspirational</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/inspiring-women">inspiring-women</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/leadership">leadership</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/leadership-development">leadership-development</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/man-and-woman">man-and-woman</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/man-and-woman-quote">man-and-woman-quote</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/mankind">mankind</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/neuropsychology">neuropsychology</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal">patriarchal</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-culture">patriarchal-culture</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-paradigm">patriarchal-paradigm</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-society">patriarchal-society</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchy">patriarchy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/success">success</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/woman">woman</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/woman-quotations">woman-quotations</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/woman-quotes">woman-quotes</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/woman-s-character">woman-s-character</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/woman-s-strength">woman-s-strength</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/womanhood">womanhood</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women">women</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-and-men">women-and-men</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-empowerment">women-empowerment</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-quotes">women-quotes</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-s-inspirational">women-s-inspirational</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-s-rights">women-s-rights</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-s-strength">women-s-strength</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/womens-rights">womens-rights</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/words-of-wisdom">words-of-wisdom</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/8504091-all-the-bloodsheds-in-human-history-have-been-caused-by">13 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/13720247.Abhijit_Naskar"> <img alt="Abhijit Naskar" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1729975750i/13720247._UX200_CR0,33,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> &ldquo;I am a scientist who studies the human mind, including the sexual differences in mental faculties, and I am telling you, ten female thinkers can teach humanity lessons equivalent to the teachings of a hundred male thinkers of history.&rdquo; <br /> &#8213; <span class="authorOrTitle"> Abhijit Naskar, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_34961869> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/56236012">The Bengal Tigress: A Treatise on Gender Equality</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/achievement">achievement</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/bad-woman">bad-woman</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/brainy-quotes">brainy-quotes</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female">female</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female-beauty">female-beauty</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female-characters">female-characters</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female-empowerment">female-empowerment</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female-hero">female-hero</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female-liberation">female-liberation</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female-protagonist">female-protagonist</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/females">females</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminine">feminine</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminine-power">feminine-power</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/femininity">femininity</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminism">feminism</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminism-identity">feminism-identity</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminismo">feminismo</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminist">feminist</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminist-quotes">feminist-quotes</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminists">feminists</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girl">girl</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girl-power">girl-power</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girl-quotes">girl-quotes</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girls">girls</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/good-woman">good-woman</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/great-woman">great-woman</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/great-women">great-women</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/humanism">humanism</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/humanity">humanity</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/humankind">humankind</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/inspirational">inspirational</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/inspiring-women">inspiring-women</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/leadership">leadership</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/leadership-development">leadership-development</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/man-and-woman">man-and-woman</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/man-and-woman-quote">man-and-woman-quote</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/mankind">mankind</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/neuropsychology">neuropsychology</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal">patriarchal</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-culture">patriarchal-culture</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-paradigm">patriarchal-paradigm</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-society">patriarchal-society</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchy">patriarchy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/success">success</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/woman">woman</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/woman-quotations">woman-quotations</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/woman-quotes">woman-quotes</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/woman-s-character">woman-s-character</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/woman-s-strength">woman-s-strength</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/womanhood">womanhood</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women">women</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-and-men">women-and-men</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-empowerment">women-empowerment</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-quotes">women-quotes</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-s-inspirational">women-s-inspirational</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-s-rights">women-s-rights</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-s-strength">women-s-strength</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/womens-rights">womens-rights</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/words-of-wisdom">words-of-wisdom</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/8504088-i-am-a-scientist-who-studies-the-human-mind-including">10 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/13720247.Abhijit_Naskar"> <img alt="Abhijit Naskar" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1729975750i/13720247._UX200_CR0,33,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> &ldquo;Given the same honor and dignity as men, women can build a much better and more harmonious world.&rdquo; <br /> &#8213; <span class="authorOrTitle"> Abhijit Naskar, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_34961869> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/56236012">The Bengal Tigress: A Treatise on Gender Equality</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/achievement">achievement</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/bad-woman">bad-woman</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/brainy-quotes">brainy-quotes</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female">female</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female-beauty">female-beauty</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female-characters">female-characters</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female-empowerment">female-empowerment</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female-hero">female-hero</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female-liberation">female-liberation</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female-protagonist">female-protagonist</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/females">females</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminine">feminine</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminine-power">feminine-power</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/femininity">femininity</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminism">feminism</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminism-identity">feminism-identity</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminismo">feminismo</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminist">feminist</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminist-quotes">feminist-quotes</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminists">feminists</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girl">girl</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girl-power">girl-power</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girl-quotes">girl-quotes</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girls">girls</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/good-woman">good-woman</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/great-woman">great-woman</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/great-women">great-women</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/humanism">humanism</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/humanity">humanity</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/humankind">humankind</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/inspirational">inspirational</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/inspiring-women">inspiring-women</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/leadership">leadership</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/leadership-development">leadership-development</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/man-and-woman">man-and-woman</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/man-and-woman-quote">man-and-woman-quote</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/mankind">mankind</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/neuropsychology">neuropsychology</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal">patriarchal</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-culture">patriarchal-culture</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-paradigm">patriarchal-paradigm</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-society">patriarchal-society</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchy">patriarchy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/success">success</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/woman">woman</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/woman-quotations">woman-quotations</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/woman-quotes">woman-quotes</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/woman-s-character">woman-s-character</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/woman-s-strength">woman-s-strength</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/womanhood">womanhood</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women">women</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-and-men">women-and-men</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-empowerment">women-empowerment</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-quotes">women-quotes</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-s-inspirational">women-s-inspirational</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-s-rights">women-s-rights</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-s-strength">women-s-strength</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/womens-rights">womens-rights</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/words-of-wisdom">words-of-wisdom</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/8504090-given-the-same-honor-and-dignity-as-men-women-can">9 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/222118.Jessica_Valenti"> <img alt="Jessica Valenti" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1725634453i/222118._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> &ldquo;Yet despite all these things we know to be true- despite the preponderance of evidence showing the mental and emotional distress people demonstrate in violent and harassing environments- we still have no name for what happens to women living in a culture that hates them.&rdquo; <br /> &#8213; <span class="authorOrTitle"> Jessica Valenti, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_26795372> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/46817113">Sex Object: A Memoir</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/misogyny">misogyny</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-culture">patriarchal-culture</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/sexism">sexism</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/8729546-yet-despite-all-these-things-we-know-to-be-true-">8 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/13720247.Abhijit_Naskar"> <img alt="Abhijit Naskar" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1729975750i/13720247._UX200_CR0,33,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> &ldquo;Women of the thinking society are the builders of nations. Women of the sentient society are the builders of the world. And given the same honor and dignity as men, women can build a much better and more harmonious world. Harmony and conflict-solving run in their veins. Whereas men have evolved into more authoritarian creatures.&rdquo; <br /> &#8213; <span class="authorOrTitle"> Abhijit Naskar, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_34961869> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/56236012">The Bengal Tigress: A Treatise on Gender Equality</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/achievement">achievement</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/bad-woman">bad-woman</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/brainy-quotes">brainy-quotes</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female">female</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female-beauty">female-beauty</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female-characters">female-characters</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female-empowerment">female-empowerment</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female-hero">female-hero</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female-liberation">female-liberation</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/female-protagonist">female-protagonist</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/females">females</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminine">feminine</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminine-power">feminine-power</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/femininity">femininity</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminism">feminism</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminism-identity">feminism-identity</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminismo">feminismo</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminist">feminist</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminist-quotes">feminist-quotes</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminists">feminists</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girl">girl</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girl-power">girl-power</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girl-quotes">girl-quotes</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girls">girls</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/good-woman">good-woman</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/great-woman">great-woman</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/great-women">great-women</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/humanism">humanism</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/humanity">humanity</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/humankind">humankind</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/inspirational">inspirational</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/inspiring-women">inspiring-women</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/leadership">leadership</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/leadership-development">leadership-development</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/man-and-woman">man-and-woman</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/man-and-woman-quote">man-and-woman-quote</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/mankind">mankind</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/neuropsychology">neuropsychology</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal">patriarchal</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-culture">patriarchal-culture</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-paradigm">patriarchal-paradigm</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-society">patriarchal-society</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchy">patriarchy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/success">success</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/woman">woman</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/woman-quotations">woman-quotations</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/woman-quotes">woman-quotes</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/woman-s-character">woman-s-character</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/woman-s-strength">woman-s-strength</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/womanhood">womanhood</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women">women</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-and-men">women-and-men</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-empowerment">women-empowerment</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-quotes">women-quotes</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-s-inspirational">women-s-inspirational</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-s-rights">women-s-rights</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-s-strength">women-s-strength</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/womens-rights">womens-rights</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/words-of-wisdom">words-of-wisdom</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/8504065-women-of-the-thinking-society-are-the-builders-of-nations">5 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/13720247.Abhijit_Naskar"> <img alt="Abhijit Naskar" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1729975750i/13720247._UX200_CR0,33,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> &ldquo;I am no feminist. Even though the term "feminism" is founded upon the basic principle of gender equality, it possesses its own fundamental gender bias, which makes it inclined towards the wellbeing of women, over the wellbeing of the whole society. And if history has shown anything, it is that such fundamental biases in time corrupt even the most glorious ideas and give birth to prejudice, bigotry and differentiation.&rdquo; <br /> &#8213; <span class="authorOrTitle"> Abhijit Naskar, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_34961869> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/56236012">The Bengal Tigress: A Treatise on Gender Equality</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/achievement">achievement</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/bad-woman">bad-woman</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/biases">biases</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/brain">brain</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/brainy-quotes">brainy-quotes</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/consciousness">consciousness</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/consciousness-mind-brain">consciousness-mind-brain</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/evolution">evolution</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/evolutionary-pwsychology">evolutionary-pwsychology</a>, <a 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</div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/13720247.Abhijit_Naskar"> <img alt="Abhijit Naskar" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1729975750i/13720247._UX200_CR0,33,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> &ldquo;Gender equality is not a belief, it is not an idea - it is a key element of the society that will define whether we the humans shall march ahead towards glory and advancement, or sink into the abyss of an existential doom.&rdquo; <br /> &#8213; <span class="authorOrTitle"> Abhijit Naskar, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_34961869> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/56236012">The Bengal Tigress: A Treatise on Gender Equality</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText 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href="/quotes/tag/women-s-inspirational">women-s-inspirational</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-s-rights">women-s-rights</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women-s-strength">women-s-strength</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/womens-rights">womens-rights</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/words-of-wisdom">words-of-wisdom</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/8504094-gender-equality-is-not-a-belief-it-is-not-an">4 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/13720247.Abhijit_Naskar"> <img alt="Abhijit Naskar" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1729975750i/13720247._UX200_CR0,33,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> &ldquo;Why should women have to give up their name upon marriage, as if they are nothing but hood ornaments to their husbands! And why should a child be identified only by their father’s name and not the mother’s, who by the way, is the root of all creation - who is creation! We are never going to have a civilized society with equity as foundation, unless we acknowledge and abolish such filthy habits that we’ve been practicing as tradition.<br /><br />Showing off our skin-deep support for equality few days a year doesn’t eliminate all the discriminations from the world, we have to live each day as the walking proof of equality, ascension and assimilation.&rdquo; <br /> &#8213; <span class="authorOrTitle"> Abhijit Naskar, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_60217351> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/94961090">The Gentalist: There's No Social Work, Only Family Work</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/feminism">feminism</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminist-literature">feminist-literature</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/gender-discrimination">gender-discrimination</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/gender-equity">gender-equity</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/international-womens-day">international-womens-day</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/motherhood">motherhood</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-culture">patriarchal-culture</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchy">patriarchy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/toxic-masculinity">toxic-masculinity</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/womens-rights">womens-rights</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/11176100-why-should-women-have-to-give-up-their-name-upon">4 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/7025918.Sonali_Dev"> <img alt="Sonali Dev" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1397764249i/7025918._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> &ldquo;Growing up, we were surrounded by stories of women being married off without their consent, and it was always about how they compromised, reconciled, and found love in the end. It was romanticized so much. What an abhorrent thing to tell someone — that your love isn’t where your interest lie, or that your parents know what’s best for you better than you do.&rdquo; <br /> &#8213; <span class="authorOrTitle"> Sonali Dev, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_52695036> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/73107700">Recipe for Persuasion</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/fixed-marriage">fixed-marriage</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-culture">patriarchal-culture</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women">women</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/10287133-growing-up-we-were-surrounded-by-stories-of-women-being">3 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/13720247.Abhijit_Naskar"> <img alt="Abhijit Naskar" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1729975750i/13720247._UX200_CR0,33,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> &ldquo;Women ain't hood ornament.&rdquo; <br /> &#8213; <span class="authorOrTitle"> Abhijit Naskar, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_63186999> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/99982474">Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/feminism">feminism</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminist-poet">feminist-poet</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/gender-equity">gender-equity</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/international-womens-day">international-womens-day</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/motherhood">motherhood</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-culture">patriarchal-culture</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchy">patriarchy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/toxic-masculinity">toxic-masculinity</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/violence-against-women">violence-against-women</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/womens-rights">womens-rights</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/11449101-women-ain-t-hood-ornament">2 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <div class="quoteText"> &ldquo;Bad girls aren't villains; they're transgressive forces within patriarchal cultures. Made to choose between wreaking destruction and accepting their own powerlessness, they pick destruction.&rdquo; <br /> &#8213; <span class="authorOrTitle"> Judy Berman </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/bad-girls">bad-girls</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminism">feminism</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminists">feminists</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-culture">patriarchal-culture</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-society">patriarchal-society</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/10108651-bad-girls-aren-t-villains-they-re-transgressive-forces-within-patriarchal-cultures">1 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/16050511.Ashish_Khetarpal"> <img alt="Ashish Khetarpal" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1478703469i/16050511._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> &ldquo;A garden is man’s attempt to domesticate nature. And a man is man’s attempt to domesticate himself.&rdquo; <br /> &#8213; <span class="authorOrTitle"> Ashish Khetarpal, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_60128748> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/94821902">Pushing Gods Out</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/ashish-khetarpal">ashish-khetarpal</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/human-nature">human-nature</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/indian-culture">indian-culture</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/indian-fiction">indian-fiction</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/indian-quote">indian-quote</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-culture">patriarchal-culture</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-society">patriarchal-society</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchy">patriarchy</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/11130350-a-garden-is-man-s-attempt-to-domesticate-nature-and-a">1 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/16050511.Ashish_Khetarpal"> <img alt="Ashish Khetarpal" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1478703469i/16050511._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> &ldquo;Where did Shanti find the will? It must have been in the garden. An ant and a bird argue over the right to flight. The bird spreads her wings and flies away; the ant sits on an autumn leaf and waits for the wind.&rdquo; <br /> &#8213; <span class="authorOrTitle"> Ashish Khetarpal, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_60128748> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/94821902">Pushing Gods Out</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/ashish-khetarpal">ashish-khetarpal</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/indian-culture">indian-culture</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/indian-fiction">indian-fiction</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-culture">patriarchal-culture</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchy">patriarchy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/philosophy">philosophy</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/11130354-where-did-shanti-find-the-will-it-must-have-been">1 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/16050511.Ashish_Khetarpal"> <img alt="Ashish Khetarpal" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1478703469i/16050511._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> &ldquo;When the mind asks endless questions without receiving any concrete answers, it starts attacking the body. It was either that or Shanti’s water had broken.&rdquo; <br /> &#8213; <span class="authorOrTitle"> Ashish Khetarpal, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_60128748> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/94821902">Pushing Gods Out</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/ashish-khetarpal">ashish-khetarpal</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/india">india</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/indian-authors">indian-authors</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/indian-culture">indian-culture</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/indian-fiction">indian-fiction</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-culture">patriarchal-culture</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-society">patriarchal-society</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchy">patriarchy</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/11130358-when-the-mind-asks-endless-questions-without-receiving-any-concrete">1 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/13720247.Abhijit_Naskar"> <img alt="Abhijit Naskar" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1729975750i/13720247._UX200_CR0,33,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> &ldquo;It is not patriarchal to hold the door for a lady, It is not cowardly to leave your seat to the elderly. But it is barbaric to harass a breastfeeding mother, And prehistoric to force a woman carry a pregnancy.&rdquo; <br /> &#8213; <span class="authorOrTitle"> Abhijit Naskar, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_62983510> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/98812913">Esperanza Impossible: 100 Sonnets of Ethics, Engineering &amp; Existence</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/abortion-rights">abortion-rights</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/breastfeed">breastfeed</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/breastfeeding">breastfeeding</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminist-poetry">feminist-poetry</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/gender-equality">gender-equality</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-culture">patriarchal-culture</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchy">patriarchy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/pro-choice-poem">pro-choice-poem</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/pro-life">pro-life</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/social-norms">social-norms</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/11439851-it-is-not-patriarchal-to-hold-the-door-for-a">1 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/13720247.Abhijit_Naskar"> <img alt="Abhijit Naskar" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1729975750i/13720247._UX200_CR0,33,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> &ldquo;Women Ain't Hood Ornament (The Sonnet)<br /><br />Why should women have to give up,<br />Their name when they get married,<br />As if they are not real people,<br />But hood ornament to their husband!<br />Why should a child be identified only,<br />By their father's name, not mother's,<br />Who by the way is the root of creation,<br />Who is the actual almighty creator!<br />It is a sad state of affairs when,<br />Morons peddle moronity as tradition.<br />Shame on us for sustaining such savagery,<br />As we do not put our backbone to action!<br />Each couple must determine the parameters<br />of their relationship, not some ragged tradition.<br />Only norm that matters is love, for in love lies emancipation.&rdquo; <br /> &#8213; <span class="authorOrTitle"> Abhijit Naskar, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_63186999> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/99982474">Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/feminism">feminism</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/feminist-poetry">feminist-poetry</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/gender-equity">gender-equity</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/international-womens-day">international-womens-day</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/motherhood">motherhood</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-culture">patriarchal-culture</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchy">patriarchy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/toxic-masculinity">toxic-masculinity</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/violence-against-women">violence-against-women</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/womens-rights">womens-rights</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/11449074-women-ain-t-hood-ornament-the-sonnet-why-should-women-have">1 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/127875.Thrity_Umrigar"> <img alt="Thrity Umrigar" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1324277661i/127875._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> &ldquo;As children, we were taught to be afraid of tigers and lions. Nobody taught us what I know today--- the most dangerous animal in this world is a man with wounded pride.&rdquo; <br /> &#8213; <span class="authorOrTitle"> Thrity Umrigar, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_56271394> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/87662709">Honor</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/feminism">feminism</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/outdated-thinking">outdated-thinking</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-culture">patriarchal-culture</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/toxic-masculinity">toxic-masculinity</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/11658965-as-children-we-were-taught-to-be-afraid-of-tigers">1 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/7906.Rainer_Maria_Rilke"> <img alt="Rainer Maria Rilke" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1651322555i/7906._UX200_CR0,59,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> &ldquo;Flowers, you who end in close affinity to the arrangers’ hands<br />(Hands of girls then, hands of girls now),<br />You who cover the garden table from end to end,<br />Grown weak, gently injured,<br /><br />Waiting for water which revives you once more<br />From a death already commenced - and now<br />Again taken up between the opposing, sorting<br />Fingers and their feeling of you, and which can so well<br /><br />Show you favour, give ease more than you had imagined,<br />As you recover yourselves in a jug,<br />Cooling slowly, and the ardour of the girls like confessions<br /><br />Given up by you, seeping forth like muddy and tiresome sins<br />You committed by being plucked, - these are another tie between you,<br />So joined in alliance by both your blossomings.&rdquo; <br /> &#8213; <span class="authorOrTitle"> Rainer Maria Rilke, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_205134> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/1210412">Sonnets to Orpheus</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/florist">florist</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/flowers">flowers</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girlhood">girlhood</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-culture">patriarchal-culture</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/12077210-flowers-you-who-end-in-close-affinity-to-the-arrangers">1 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/2541786.Catherine_Lloyd"> <img alt="Catherine Lloyd" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1390123126i/2541786._UX200_CR0,20,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> &ldquo;Lucy finished her toast. "Then perhaps you should go. I'll wager he won't snap at you for trying to make conversation."<br />"So that she can swoon over him?" Anthony snorted. "He's fifteen years older than her."<br />"So? Father was fifteen years older than Mother. It's quite common for a husband to be older than a wife."<br />"And yet she died before him because she had too many children." Anna's smile disappeared. "She was simply worn out with it."<br />Lucy reached for Anna's hand. "That might be true. but as Father will no doubt remind you, that is a woman's lot in life."<br />Anna snatched her hand free. "That doesn't make it any better, though, does it?"<br />Lucy could only agree.&rdquo; <br /> &#8213; <span class="authorOrTitle"> Catherine Lloyd, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_16073004> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/21867240">Death Comes to the Village</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/childbirth">childbirth</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-culture">patriarchal-culture</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women">women</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/10241695-lucy-finished-her-toast-then-perhaps-you-should-go-i-ll">0 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/16050511.Ashish_Khetarpal"> <img alt="Ashish Khetarpal" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1478703469i/16050511._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> &ldquo;The women were emboldened by the first opportunity that had ever presented itself in their lives; the chance to take off the yoke and look back at the long slavish distance they had walked. How else could they count their losses? The neck of an ox, carrying a wooden yoke, cannot turn.&rdquo; <br /> &#8213; <span class="authorOrTitle"> Ashish Khetarpal, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_60128748> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/94821902">Pushing Gods Out</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/human-nature">human-nature</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/indian-culture">indian-culture</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/indian-fiction">indian-fiction</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-culture">patriarchal-culture</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchal-society">patriarchal-society</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/patriarchy">patriarchy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/philosophy">philosophy</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/11130352-the-women-were-emboldened-by-the-first-opportunity-that-had">0 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/16050511.Ashish_Khetarpal"> <img alt="Ashish Khetarpal" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1478703469i/16050511._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> &ldquo;Boys become men, and men become stubborn. They insist on carrying all the burdens by themselves when they can easily share them with their women and daughters. We don’t distinguish between mules and hinnies when we load them, do we? So basically, we have given more equality to donkeys than to one another as people. 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