The pedestal is immobilizing and subtly insulting whether or not some women yet realize it. We must move up from the pedestal.
Wilma Scott HeideWe will no longer be led only by that half of the population whose socialization, through toys, games, values and expectations, sanctions violence as the final assertion of manhood, synonymous with nationhood.
Wilma Scott HeideUnless women have, from the moment of birth, socialization for, expectations of, and preparation for a viable significant alternative to motherhood . . . women will continue to want and reproduce too many children.
Wilma Scott Heide