The talkativeness of women has been gauged in comparison not with men but with silence. Women have not been judged on the grounds of whether they talk more than men, but of whether they talk more than silent women.

what has been termed 'correct' English is nothing other than the blatant legitimation of the white middle-class code.

I know there is no danger that I will ever forget that people construct their own reality, that human beings are not led to the same version of events and of the world by the same physical evidence.

It is partly the absence of recorded history which sends women now to the lives of women past for the detailed documentation of their daily lives.

... for centuries there has been a long and honorable tradition of women who have resisted and protested against men and their power.

Have you noticed that all the news, statistics, strategies about unemployment are provided by those who are employed? As soon as you are unemployed you cease to exist.

The talkativeness of women has been gauged in comparison not with men but with silence. Women have not been judged on the grounds of whether they talk more than men, but of whether they talk more than silent women.