Language conveys a certain power. It is one of the instruments of domination. It is carefully guarded by the superior people because it is one of the means through which they conserve their supremacy.
Sheila RowbothamPower in the hands of particular groups and classes serves like a prism to refract reality through their own perspective.
Sheila RowbothamIt is no longer enough to point out what we don't like, we have to work out 'What sort of society do we want?
Sheila RowbothamWhen a man curls his lip, when he uses ridicule, when he grows angry, you have touched a raw nerve in domination.
Sheila Rowbotham