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title: "7 Women Bear Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Women Bear quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Women Bear sayings and thoughts."
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> [The entire issue is that women bear a disproportionate share of the hard work. Birthing, carrying, the whole thing - it's hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-sessions/the-entire-issue-is-that-women-bear-a-disproportionate-share-of-the/)

[Pete Sessions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-sessions/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43d/pete-sessions-25044_bear_the-entire-issue-is-that-women-bear-a-di_510629.jpg)

> [Women bear Crosses better than Men do, but bear Surprizes - worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/women-bear-crosses-better-than-men-do-but-bear-surprizes-worse/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f3/hester-lynch-piozzi-27737_bears_women-bear-crosses-better-than-men-do-bu_626845.png)

> [The pleasing punishment that women bear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/the-pleasing-punishment-that-women-bear/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4c/william-shakespeare-4_bears_the-pleasing-punishment-that-women-bear_708933.jpg)

> [Women who bear children before they establish serious habits of work, may never establish them at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/women-who-bear-children-before-they-establish-serious-habits-of-work/)

[Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/365/erica-jong-445_bears_women-who-bear-children-before-they-esta_1314688.jpg)

> [“Women who bear the weight of opposition, she wrote, create a shelter for the rest of us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/women-who-bear-the-weight-of-opposition-she-wrote-create-a-shelter/)

[Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70d/sue-monk-kidd-404_feminism_women-who-bear-the-weight-of-opposition_1350899.png)

> [“Just because women can bear children doesn't mean they're unable to harbour the same sort of career ambitions as a man.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cathy-kelly/just-because-women-can-bear-children-doesn-t-mean-they-re-unable-to/)

[Cathy Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cathy-kelly/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/681/cathy-kelly-61018_children_just-because-women-can-bear-children-doe_1587640.jpg)

> [Women that bear children must exist in Zululand only.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaka/women-that-bear-children-must-exist-in-zululand-only/)

[Shaka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaka/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c8/shaka-44989_bears_women-that-bear-children-must-exist-in-z_2152948.jpg)

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