The origin of the stupid ideal of womanhood against which men as well as women to-day are still fighting was the asceticism of the Christian religion; and, unless St. Paul was a woman in disguise, I fail to see how woman is to be blamed for a conception of her place and duty from which she has suffered more than anybody else.
Dora RussellBecause men have so long ruled the world, it does not follow that the philosophy by which they have ruled it is the correct one.
Dora RussellDemocracy can only spring from practising it early, and democratic action was not to expected from young people brought up under a close authoritarian system.
Dora RussellWhat a denial of our humanity that at the centers of power, where decisions are made, there is no room for nurturing, for love, and children. There is more to life than the 'inhuman' work place. It is terrible that many men do not know that: it is a tragedy if women follow them.
Dora Russell