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> [“Women are culturally conditioned to care for others, but not ourselves. We believe that having needs, feelings, ambitions, or thoughts of our own is not good. In this self-abnegation, we enact a culturally prescribed role that perpetuates sexist social structures.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-ann-parker/women-are-culturally-conditioned-to-care-for-others-but-not-ourselves/)

[Rebecca Ann Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-ann-parker/)

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## More by Rebecca Ann Parker

> [“Women are culturally conditioned to care for others, but not ourselves. We believe that having needs, feelings, ambitions, or thoughts of our own is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-ann-parker/women-are-culturally-conditioned-to-care-for-others-but-not-ourselves/)

[Rebecca Ann Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-ann-parker/)

> [“recognized that Christianity had taught me that sacrifice is the way of life. I forgot the neighbor who raped me, but I could see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-ann-parker/recognized-that-christianity-had-taught-me-that-sacrifice-is-the-way/)

[Rebecca Ann Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-ann-parker/)

> [“A God who punishes disobedience will teach us to obey and endure when it would be holy to protest and righteous to refuse to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-ann-parker/a-god-who-punishes-disobedience-will-teach-us-to-obey-and-endure-when/)

[Rebecca Ann Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-ann-parker/)

> [“I realized the preserving a relationship at all costs was not as important as affirming the human right to be free from abusive treatment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-ann-parker/i-realized-the-preserving-a-relationship-at-all-costs-was-not-as/)

[Rebecca Ann Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-ann-parker/)

> [“What I was learning in the church was in sharp contrast to the theology of self-sacrificing love I wrestled with. It wasn’t the willingness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-ann-parker/what-i-was-learning-in-the-church-was-in-sharp-contrast-to-the/)

[Rebecca Ann Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-ann-parker/)

> [“Theology that defines virtue as obedience to God suppresses the virtue of revolt. A woman being battered by her husband will be counseled to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-ann-parker/theology-that-defines-virtue-as-obedience-to-god-suppresses-the/)

[Rebecca Ann Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-ann-parker/)

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