Until women themselves reject stigma and refuse to feel shame for the way others treat them, they have no hope of achieving full human stature.

Guilt is one side of a nasty triangle; the other two are shame and stigma. This grim coalition combines to inculpate women themselves of the crimes committed against them.

Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves; when that right is pre-empted it is called brain-washing.

Women are reputed never to be disgusted. The sad fact is that they often are, but not with men; following the lead of men, they are most often disgusted with themselves.

Women live lives of continual apology. They are born and raised to take the blame for other people's behavior. If they are treated without respect, they tell themselves that they have failed to earn respect. If their husbands do not fancy them, it is because they are unattractive.

I didn't fight to get women out from behind vacuum cleaners to get them onto the board of Hoover.