I began to understand with a terrible sureness that we teach what we need to learn and write what we need to know.

Whatever a 'superior' group has will be used to justify its superiority, and whatever an 'inferior' group has will be used to justify its plight. Black men were given poorly paid jobs because they were said to be 'stronger' than white men, while all women were relegated to poorly paid jobs because they were said to be 'weaker.

Self-hatred leads to the need either to dominate or to be dominated.

Perhaps the worst thing about suffering is that it finally hardens the hearts of those around it.

The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen's skin.

If men menstruated, they would brag about how much and for how long.

It doesn't matter what word we use, if it has the same content, it will be treated in the same way. There are other words - there's "womanist," there's "mujerista," there's "women's liberationist" - all mean the same thing and they get the same ridicule. I think we just need to choose what word we feel comfortable with that says women are full human beings, and whatever that word is, it will get a lot of opposition. But it will also attract a lot of support. But this is a revolution, not a public relations movement.