Female Emancipation Quotes

“The day came when she discovered sex, sensuality, and literature; she said, 'I submit! Let my life be henceforth ruled by poetry. Let me reign as the queen of my dreams until I become nothing less than the heroine of God.”
― Roman Payne

“C'est par le travail que la femme a conquis sa dignité d'être humain; mais ce fut une conquête singulièrement dure et lente.”
― Simone de Beauvoir, Le deuxième sexe, I

“La raison profonde qui à l'origine de l'histoire voue la femme au travail domestique et lui interdit de prendre part à la construction du monde, c'est son asservissement à la fonction génératrice.”
― Simone de Beauvoir, Le deuxième sexe, I

“Quand elles [les femmes] sont intervenues dans le cours du monde, c'est en accord avec les hommes, dans des perspectives masculines.”
― Simone de Beauvoir, Le deuxième sexe, I

“What Women's Lib might achieve if their 'consciousness raising' - or in plain English, brainwashing— campaign succeeds is a society whose members have identical roles but are perpetually at war with themselves; a society of males made neurotic by suppressed masculinity, of females made miserable by having masculine roles thrust upon them that contradict their feminine impulses.”
― Arianna Huffington, The Female Woman

“La femme ne peut être émancipée que lorsqu'elle prend part dans une grande mesure sociale à la production et n'est plus réclamée par le travail domestique que dans une mesure insignifiante.”
― Engels Friedrich

“Cette impuissance physique se traduit par une timidité plus générale: elle ne croit pas á une force qu'elle n'a pas expérimentée dans son corps; elle n'ose pas entreprendrem se révolter, inventer: vouée à la docilité, à la résignation, elle ne peut qu'accepter dans la société une place toute faite.”
― Simone de Beauvoir, Le deuxième sexe, I

“Wife's name is woman.”
― Ellen Stellar, Kiran: The Warrior's Daughter

“I cried tears of anger. Then came drunken tears, drunken laughter and the familiar state of intoxication that lasted till I fell asleep. In my sleep, I felt the ship take off and giggled drunkenly, deciding to blow that planet up along with daddy. Feeling pity for Eeristan, I fell into asleep.”
― Ellen Stellar, Kiran: The Warrior's Daughter

“Ten pushups reminded me that I, Kiran McVarras, do not take any abuse and do not forget those who insult me.”
― Ellen Stellar, Kiran: The Warrior's Daughter

“I had hit a personal low. I was out of work for the first time since I was seventeen. I had no job, a blank date book, and so much time on my hands I could lunch with the girls. Sure, I had money. But I was also a bit lost. The kids were grown and living their own lives. Without work, which had been central to my identity and my self-esteem for so many years, I was no longer sure who I was. I had been retired for two months, and already I was panicked.”
― Lynda Resnick, Rubies in the Orchard: How to Uncover the Hidden Gems in Your Business