Homemakers work longer and harder than any other class of worker in the United States for less pay, and are the most likely to be replaced by a younger worker.

... patriarchy creates megapatterns that affect us all--even as we forge different individual choices within them--just as do themegapatterns of nationalism or racism.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.

... the art of politics is to be ahead of your time--about six months will do it. Any more than that, and people forget you were there.

it's possible to be pro-sex and anti-pornography.

People waste more time waiting for someone to take charge of their lives than they do in any other pursuit.

If you listen to the Catholic bishops you would think that Catholics are against contraception and legal abortion, but if you ask actual Catholics, you discover that more than 90% of Catholic women use contraception and Catholic women seem to need and choose legal abortion at about the same rate as everybody else. The problem is that the backlash occupies positions of power, not that it represents the majority of people.