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> [I am not saying that a female-dominated or Amazon society based on the oppression of men is any more "just" than is a male-dominated society based on the oppression of women. I am merely pointing out in what ways it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-chesler/i-am-not-saying-that-a-female-dominated-or-amazon-society-based-on/)

[Phyllis Chesler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-chesler/)

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## More by Phyllis Chesler

> [Only the powerless live in a money culture and know nothing about money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-chesler/only-the-powerless-live-in-a-money-culture-and-know-nothing-about/)

[Phyllis Chesler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-chesler/)

> [Ideal mental health, like freedom, exists for one person only if it exists for all people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-chesler/ideal-mental-health-like-freedom-exists-for-one-person-only-if-it/)

[Phyllis Chesler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-chesler/)

> [If it were natural for father to care for their sons, they would not need so many laws commanding them to do so.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-chesler/if-it-were-natural-for-father-to-care-for-their-sons-they-would-not/)

[Phyllis Chesler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-chesler/)

> [“It is impossible for a Westerner to imagine the deadening torpor of a protected life under house arrest. Eventually, one is grateful for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-chesler/it-is-impossible-for-a-westerner-to-imagine-the-deadening-torpor-of-a/)

[Phyllis Chesler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-chesler/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-chesler/the-idea-that-women-s-strong-attachments-to-each-other-are-what-make/)

[Phyllis Chesler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-chesler/)

> [All men are not rapists - but almost all rapists are men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-chesler/all-men-are-not-rapists-but-almost-all-rapists-are-men/)

[Phyllis Chesler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-chesler/)

> [Should or can there be a single standard of behavior for both sexes? Is there such a thing as a biologically rooted female culture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-chesler/should-or-can-there-be-a-single-standard-of-behavior-for-both-sexes/)

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> [Perhaps only some young women, perhaps only a minority of all women, will be able to effect such changes through consciousness alone, through the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-chesler/perhaps-only-some-young-women-perhaps-only-a-minority-of-all-women/)

[Phyllis Chesler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-chesler/)

> [“Encountering gender apartheid and waged slavery shook me to my roots more than half a century ago in Afghanistan. Oh, the women of Afghanistan,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-chesler/encountering-gender-apartheid-and-waged-slavery-shook-me-to-my-roots/)

[Phyllis Chesler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-chesler/)

> [children need truly evolved people - not other, larger children - as parents. Therefore, don't have a child until you've forged your own identity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-chesler/children-need-truly-evolved-people-not-other-larger-children-as/)

[Phyllis Chesler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-chesler/)

> [“The chowdry, or burqa -- the Saudi, North African, and Central Asian version of the head, face, and body shroud -- is a sensory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-chesler/the-chowdry-or-burqa-the-saudi-north-african-and-central-asian/)

[Phyllis Chesler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-chesler/)

> [Most mother-women give up whatever ghost of a unique and human self they may have when they 'marry' and raise children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-chesler/most-mother-women-give-up-whatever-ghost-of-a-unique-and-human-self/)

[Phyllis Chesler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-chesler/)

> [“That these girls avoid use of physical violence in resolving conflict, does not mean that these conflicts are resolved in meaningful and enduring ways.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-chesler/that-these-girls-avoid-use-of-physical-violence-in-resolving-conflict/)

[Phyllis Chesler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-chesler/)

> [Goddesses never die. They slip in and out of the world's cities, in and out of our dreams, century after century, answering to different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-chesler/goddesses-never-die-they-slip-in-and-out-of-the-world-s-cities-in-and/)

[Phyllis Chesler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-chesler/)

> [Women ... do not have to forsake the "wisdom of the heart" and become men. They need only transfer the primary force of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-chesler/women-do-not-have-to-forsake-the-wisdom-of-the-heart-and-become-men/)

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