Men have laid down the rules and definitions by which the world is run, and one of the objects of their definitions is woman

And yet wherever there exists the display of power there is politics, and in women's relations with men there is a continual transfer of power, there is, continually, politics.

Men define intelligence, men define usefulness, men tell us what is beautiful, men even tell us what is womanly

I became a feminist as an alternative to becoming a masochist.

Women are natural guerrillas. Scheming, we nestle into the enemy's bed, avoiding open warfare, watching the options, playing the odds.

It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.