Women ... do not have to forsake the "wisdom of the heart" and become men. They need only transfer the primary force… — Phyllis Chesler Copy Share Image
Only the powerless live in a money culture and know nothing about money. — Phyllis Chesler Copy Share Image
Ideal mental health, like freedom, exists for one person only if it exists for all people. — Phyllis Chesler Copy Share Image
If it were natural for father to care for their sons, they would not need so many laws commanding them to do so. — Phyllis Chesler Copy Share Image
“It is impossible for a Westerner to imagine the deadening torpor of a protected life under house arrest. Eventually, one is grateful for the… — Phyllis Chesler Copy Share Image
“The idea that women's strong attachments to each other are what make them so vulnerable is horrifying. I count my close friendships with a… — Phyllis Chesler Copy Share Image
Should or can there be a single standard of behavior for both sexes? Is there such a thing as a biologically rooted female culture… — Phyllis Chesler Copy Share Image
Perhaps only some young women, perhaps only a minority of all women, will be able to effect such changes through consciousness alone, through the… — Phyllis Chesler Copy Share Image
“Encountering gender apartheid and waged slavery shook me to my roots more than half a century ago in Afghanistan. Oh, the women of Afghanistan,… — Phyllis Chesler Copy Share Image
children need truly evolved people - not other, larger children - as parents. Therefore, don't have a child until you've forged your own identity,… — Phyllis Chesler Copy Share Image
“The chowdry, or burqa -- the Saudi, North African, and Central Asian version of the head, face, and body shroud -- is a sensory… — Phyllis Chesler Copy Share Image
Most mother-women give up whatever ghost of a unique and human self they may have when they 'marry' and raise children. — Phyllis Chesler Copy Share Image
