It's not being a woman I mind so much, " she said slowly. "'Tis the way men seem to always order my life." She leaned earnestly toward him. "Your hand, Papa, has wielded a sword and cradled a child and held power over hundreds of men." She held up her own hand. "This one has far fewer adventures before it. Barbara Samuel
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It's not being a woman I mind so much," she said slowly. "'Tis the way men seem to always order my life." She leaned earnestly toward him. "Your hand, Papa, has wielded a sword and cradled a child and held power over hundreds of men." She held up her own hand. "This one has far fewer adventures before it." This quote is one of several by Dr. Simone de Beauvoir which express the notion that the female gender is often defined in relation to male experience, with women finding themselves in a subordinate position in relation to their male counterparts.

Source: A Bed Of Spices

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