[u]nless Oppressed Groups Stick Together, And On

Thus Her Whole Identity Hangs In The Balance Of Her Love Life. She Is Allowed To Love Herself Only If A Man Finds Her Worthy Of Love.

Romanticism Is A Cultural Tool Of Male Power To Keep Women From Knowing Their Conditions.

In My Own Case, I Had To Train Myself Out Of That Phony Smile, Which Is Like A Nervous Tic On Every Teenage Girl. And This Meant That I Smiled Rarely, For In Truth, When It Came Down To Real Smiling, I Had Less To Smile About. My 'dream' Action For The Women's Liberation Movement: A Smile Boycott, At Which Declaration All Women Would Instantly Abandon Their 'pleasing' Smiles, Henceforth Smiling Only When Something Pleased Them.

...he Will Go To His Grave Feeling Cheated, Never Realizing That There Isn't Much Difference Between One Woman And The Other, That It Is The Loving That Creates The Difference.

The Myth Of Childhood Happiness Flourishes So Wildly Not Because It Satisfies The Needs Of Children But Because It Satisfies The Needs Of Adults. In A Culture Of Alienated People, The Belief That Everyone Has At Least One Good Period In Life Free Of Care And Drudgery Dies Hard. And Obviously You Can't Expect It In Your Old Age. So It Must Be You've Already Had It.