The oppressed without hope are mysteriously quiet. When the conception of change is beyond the limits of the possible, there are no words to articulate discontent so it is sometimes held not to exist. This mistaken belief arises because we can only grasp silence in the moment in which it is breaking.
Sheila RowbothamPower in the hands of particular groups and classes serves like a prism to refract reality through their own perspective.
Sheila RowbothamLanguage 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 RowbothamThere is no "beginning" of feminism in the sense that there is no beginning to defiance in women.
Sheila Rowbotham