men have been in charge of according value to literature, and ... they have found the contributions of their own sex immeasurably superior.

Paradoxically, the most constructive thing women can do is to write, for in the act of writing we deny our muteness and begin to eliminate some of the difficulties that have been put upon us.

men have been in charge of according value to literature, and ... they have found the contributions of their own sex immeasurably superior.

For centuries women have been saying many of the things we are saying today and which we have often thought of as new.

When women are supposed to be quiet, a talkative woman is a woman who talks at all.

Men who teach only men are called scholars. Women who teach only women are called political agitators.

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