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.

When a man curls his lip, when he uses ridicule, when he grows angry, you have touched a raw nerve in domination.

There is no "beginning" of feminism in the sense that there is no beginning to defiance in women.

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.

Men will often admit other women are oppressed but not you.

the so-called women's question is a whole-people question.

It is no longer enough to point out what we don't like, we have to work out 'What sort of society do we want?