#women

The freedom that women were supposed to have found in the Sixties largely boiled down to easy contraception and abortion; things to make life easier for men, in fact. ↗

— Julie Burchill

#boiled #contraception #down #easier #easy

Today, our brave military men and women, just as those who have gone before them, stand on alert, securing freedom at home and guarding the innocent abroad. ↗

— Conrad Burns

#alert #before #brave #freedom #gone

The family exists in order to allow women to have children and to have the protection of a male who takes care of them. ↗

— Rocco Buttiglione

#care #children #exists #family #male

Because all of us believe and understand in the fabric of the common bond of why we call ourselves American is to care for the men and women who wear the uniform; and when they take off the uniform, we care for them when they are veterans. ↗

— Steve Buyer

#because #believe #bond #call #care

For those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, we are grateful that such men and women were among us. For those who continue to serve, we honor their commitment. For those who return to civilian life, we honor their service. ↗

— Steve Buyer

#civilian #commitment #continue #grateful #honor

Women today are dealing with both their independence and also the fact that their lives are built around finding and satisfying the romantic models we grew up with. ↗

— Jane Campion

#around #both #built #dealing #fact

The men resent a woman getting any honour in what they consider is essentially their field. Men painters mostly despise women painters. So I have decided to stop squirming, to throw any honour in with Canada and women. ↗

— Emily Carr

#canada #consider #decided #despise #essentially

I didn’t hear words that were accurate, much less prideful. For example, I never once heard the word clitoris. It would be years before I learned that females possessed the only organ in the human body with no function than to feel pleasure. (If such an organ were unique to the male body, can you imagine how much we would hear about it—and what it would be used to justify?) ↗

— Gloria Steinem

#body-acceptance #body-appreciation #clitoris #female #male

Darling, when things go wrong in life, you lift your chin, put on a ravishing smile, mix yourself a little cocktail... ↗

— Sophie Kinsella

#inspirational #lifestyle #women-s-strength #inspirational

If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself ~ all that runs over will be yours. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#advice #love #women #inspirational