Culture Quote by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“Teach her to question men who can have empathy for women only if they see them as relational rather than as individual equal humans.…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“Yet such men do not need to imagine a male victim of crime as a brother or son in order to feel empathy.”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“Teach her to question men who can have empathy for women only if they see them as relational rather than as individual equal humans.”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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“When I first began working in this area, I was startled to learn that while people who were physically abused by their fathers or…

— Susan Forward

“I don’t care if men accused of assault have good relationships with their wives or daughters or women they deem valuable. How do you…

— Tavi Gevinson

We humans are wired for empathy by evolution, but when children grow up in dominator families they internalize this male over female template for…

— Riane Eisler

“She was convinced that women were as often victims of themselves as they were of men.”

— John Irving

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“Women, the men in your life will definitely be more loving, compassionate, and nurturing if you can understand and accept their vulnerability to shame…

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“Women are afraid of being raped and murdered all the time and sometimes that’s more important to talk about than protecting male comfort levels.”

— Rebecca Solnit

Some men will never respect a girl - until he realises she could be his own sister or daughter.

— Mak_786