Communication Quote by Joanna Russ
““The social invisibility of women's experience is not "a failure of human communication." It is a socially arranged bias persisted in long after the information about women's experience is available (sometimes even publicly insisted upon).””
About This Quote
Source Essay: “The Female Body and the Social Order” (1975)
Societal bias hides women’s experiences, not because of communication failure but due to entrenched structural prejudice.
In simple terms: Bias hides women’s experiences.
Challenge structural bias.
Themes
Mood
Type
When to use this quote
- policy making
- media representation
- education
- activism
Key Concepts
Questions to Reflect On
- How can institutions dismantle ingrained bias?
- What role does media play in revealing women’s experiences?
Changing attitudes may be slower than exposing information.