#uf

Women have a much better time than men in this world; there are far more things forbidden to them. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#gender-roles #suffrage #womens-rights #men

Men who are comfortable with powerful women are more powerful men.” (Comic Con, 7-13-2012) ↗

— Joss Whedon

#firefly #inner-strength #powerful-women #whedon #men

I don't want anyone to look to me, not for protection, not for happiness, not for love, not for anything. ↗

— P.D. James

#love #protection #responsibility #self-sufficiency #solitude

People, he thought, were as hungry for a sight of joy as he had always been--for a moment's relief from that gray load of suffering which seemed so inexplicable and unnecessary. He had never been able to understand why men should be unhappy. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#happiness #happy #joy #pain #relief

Panties are a privilege, not a right. ↗

— Lexi Blake

#lexi-blake #the-men-with-the-golden-cuffs #men

I’m not playing at all. And f**k you, you’re trying to pull me into vagina talk. I won’t do it. I don’t have feelings. None at all. And I’m keeping it that way. ↗

— Lexi Blake

#lexi-blake #the-men-with-the-golden-cuffs #men

You’re all full of bullsh*t. In the last couple of months, I’ve had to listen to the three of you talk about your feelings more than a damn talk show. I swear you’ve all grown vaginas. ↗

— Lexi Blake

#lexi-blake #the-men-with-the-golden-cuffs #men

He’s a sub dog. How did she find a sub dog? ↗

— Lexi Blake

#lexi-blake #the-men-with-the-golden-cuffs #men

Fire tests gold, suffering tests brave men. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#grief #hardship #misfortune #sorrow #suffering

I had come to worry about those women who were full-time mothers and homemakers by choice. Did other, more career-minded women have the right to devalue them . . . ? Maybe it was time to slow down and look at the role restrictions imposed not only on women but the men around them, to search for the balance that could promote self-sufficiency . . . ↗

— Lin Pardey

#women-s-liberation #women-s-strength #womens-rights #men