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"But when you hear men talking," said Cornelia, "all they ever do is speak ill of women. 'And I don't quite know…

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This pre-eminence is something [men] have unjustly arrogated to themselves. And when it's said that women must be subject to men, the…

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Men were created before women. ... But that doesn't prove their superiority – rather, it proves ours, for they were born out…

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When you hear men talking," said Cornelia, "all they ever do is speak ill of women. ... And I don't quite know…

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[M]en, though they know full well how much women are worth and how great the benefits we bring them, nonetheless seek to…

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Men are just like unlit lamps: in themselves they are no good for anything, but, when lit, they can be handy to…

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“It really is something ... that men disapprove even of our doing things that are patently good. Wouldn't it be possible for…

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Do you really believe ... that everything historians tell us about men – or about women – is actually true? You ought…

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[I]t was with a good end in mind – that of acquiring the knowledge of good and evil – that Eve allowed…

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“Don’t we see that men’s rightful task is to go out to work and wear themselves out trying to accumulate wealth, as…

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