Women must begin to "save" themselves and their daughters before they "save" their husbands and their sons; before they "save" the whole world.
Phyllis CheslerSons or fathers, poor men or rich men, sacred or secular: all are homosexual in their worship of everything phallic.
Phyllis CheslerFeminism is a way of understanding reality, not just a series of things to do. Feminism challenges our predilection for one right answer, one right God, one size fits all.
Phyllis CheslerHow sad that men would base an entire civilization on the principle of paternity, upon the legal owership and presumed responsibility for children, and then never really get to know their sons and daughters very well.
Phyllis CheslerI am not saying that a female-dominated or Amazon society based on the oppression of men is any more "just" than is a male-dominated society based on the oppression of women. I am merely pointing out in what ways it is better for women. [¶] Perhaps someday a choice between forms of injustice will not be necessary.
Phyllis Chesler