men have been in charge of according value to literature, and ... they have found the contributions of their own sex immeasurably superior.
Dale SpenderIt 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.
Dale Spenderwhat has been termed 'correct' English is nothing other than the blatant legitimation of the white middle-class code.
Dale Spendermen have their cake and get to eat it too, for while they decree themselves as representative of humanity, women who argue that men are not, are simply showing how little they know! And when men's standards are defined as human standards, then women who assert that women are different, demonstrate how 'inhuman' they are. It is a real 'Catch 22.
Dale Spender