In the last 25 years, we've convinced ourselves and a majority of the country that women can do what men can do. Now we have to convince the majority of the country - and ourselves - that men can do what women can do. ... Let's face it: until men are fully equal inside the home, women will never be really equal outside it.

Women have always been an equal part of the past. We just havent been a part of history.

The definition of woman's work is shitwork.

Nature doesn't move in a straight line, and as part of nature, neither do we.

The kind of power I want is the power to persuade. But I do not want the power to tell other people what to do.

Too much of our lives corresponds to the 'lost-wallet' theory of life. You lose something, spend a long time finding it, and then feel grateful to be back where you started.

There are many ways of supporting gender equality, from something as simple as paid sick leave and flexible work hours to attributing an economic value to all care-giving, and making that amount tax deductible.