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 RowbothamInnocence is impossible when people have never had the choice of becoming corrupt by dominating others.
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