For many people, feminism is one of those words of which, as St. Augustine said about time, they know the meaning as long as no one is asking.
Katha PollittIn a better world, science teachers would teach creationism along with evolution as an exercise in critical thinking.
Katha PollittA feminist is a person who answers 'yes' to the question 'Are women human?' Feminism is not about whether women are better than, worse than or identical with men...It's about justice, fairness, and access to the broad range of human experience.
Katha PollittWhile woman sheds the Blood of Life each moon at menstruation, man can only shed the blood of death through warfare and killing.
Katha PollittOne of the very important ideas of feminism for me has always been women helping and supporting each other.
Katha PollittThanks to feminism, women can now acquire status in two ways: through marriage or their own achievements. Cure cancer or marry the man who does, either way society will applaud. Unless he marries into the British royal family, it doesn't work that way for men. Wives shed no glory on their husbands. Having tea with Nancy Reagan is an honor; having tea with Denis Thatcher is a joke.
Katha Pollitt