"Men's ideas about what women are have been……" — Sheila Jeffreys
"Men's ideas about what women are have been formed from their ruling caste position, and have assigned women characteristics that would most advantage their masters, as well as justify men's rule over them. They do not represent 'truth' but have been promoted as if they were, with the backing of science and patriarchal views of biology."
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18 Quotes by Sheila Jeffreys
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