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> [I think one thing that women can do is to just be more honest, with themselves and with their friends, and be more willing to say I'm really excited about this part of my life, but I'm screwing up over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debora-spar/i-think-one-thing-that-women-can-do-is-to-just-be-more-honest-with/)

[Debora Spar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debora-spar/)

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## More by Debora Spar

> [I think sometimes by portraying our lives as being too perfect, as being too balanced, we're actually selling younger women a bill of goods…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debora-spar/i-think-sometimes-by-portraying-our-lives-as-being-too-perfect-as/)

[Debora Spar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debora-spar/)

> [I think what women are doing to themselves is that they're seeing these different images of perfection - the perfect wife, the perfect mother,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debora-spar/i-think-what-women-are-doing-to-themselves-is-that-they-re-seeing/)

[Debora Spar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debora-spar/)

> [I think one thing that women can do is to just be more honest, with themselves and with their friends, and be more willing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debora-spar/i-think-one-thing-that-women-can-do-is-to-just-be-more-honest-with/)

[Debora Spar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debora-spar/)

> [I really don't see any men sitting in the corner office plotting to keep women out. All the men I know are actively trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debora-spar/i-really-don-t-see-any-men-sitting-in-the-corner-office-plotting-to/)

[Debora Spar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debora-spar/)

> [Don't take too much credit for your children - or too much blame!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debora-spar/don-t-take-too-much-credit-for-your-children-or-too-much-blame/)

[Debora Spar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debora-spar/)

> [We've reached the point where the demand for rules is about to replace the demand for chaos.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debora-spar/we-ve-reached-the-point-where-the-demand-for-rules-is-about-to/)

[Debora Spar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debora-spar/)

> [I certainly wouldn't go back and blame feminism, because all that feminism was really trying to do, which was huge, was to create a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debora-spar/i-certainly-wouldn-t-go-back-and-blame-feminism-because-all-that/)

[Debora Spar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debora-spar/)

> [It's oppressive. ... It's food, it's clothing, it's all the magazines that come under the heading of things looking simple. Men's magazines don't seem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debora-spar/it-s-oppressive-it-s-food-it-s-clothing-it-s-all-the-magazines-that/)

[Debora Spar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debora-spar/)

> [They're coming out of high school exhausted. The pressure in high school is killing these kids. By the time they get to college, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debora-spar/they-re-coming-out-of-high-school-exhausted-the-pressure-in-high/)

[Debora Spar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debora-spar/)

> [Feminism wasn’t supposed to make us miserable. It was supposed to make us free; to give women the power to shape their fortunes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debora-spar/feminism-wasn-t-supposed-to-make-us-miserable-it-was-supposed-to-make/)

[Debora Spar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debora-spar/)

> [We must...forge partnerships with those around us, and begin to dismantle the myth of solitary perfection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debora-spar/we-must-forge-partnerships-with-those-around-us-and-begin-to/)

[Debora Spar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debora-spar/)

> [If two people have a couple of kids, somebody does have to take care of the kids. Somebody does have to cook dinner; somebody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debora-spar/if-two-people-have-a-couple-of-kids-somebody-does-have-to-take-care/)

[Debora Spar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debora-spar/)

> [I think what we need to do is to step back as a society and say okay, we've kind of turned things upside-down. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debora-spar/i-think-what-we-need-to-do-is-to-step-back-as-a-society-and-say-okay/)

[Debora Spar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debora-spar/)

> [Rather than seeing the opportunities that feminism created they very easy morph into expectations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debora-spar/rather-than-seeing-the-opportunities-that-feminism-created-they-very/)

[Debora Spar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debora-spar/)

> ['Maybe' is what gets us into trouble, because I think constantly women are saying I'll try to do it, maybe I'll do it, I'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debora-spar/maybe-is-what-gets-us-into-trouble-because-i-think-constantly-women/)

[Debora Spar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debora-spar/)

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