100 Quotes About Womanhood

Not unlike beauty, there are many facets to womanhood. There are the traditional roles of mother, wife, and homemaker. And then there are the modern-day women who break stereotypes and conquer uncharted territory. The diversity of womanhood is celebrated in these funny funny quotes about womanhood.

I can't decide whether I'm a good girl wrapped up...
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I can't decide whether I'm a good girl wrapped up in a bad girl, or if I'm a bad girl wrapped up in a good girl. And that's how I know I'm a woman! C. Joybell C.
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The world has enough women who know how to be smart. It needs women who are willing to be simple. The world has enough women who know how to be brilliant. It needs some who will be brave. The world has enough women who are popular. It needs more who are pure. We need women, and men, too, who would rather be morally right than socially correct. Peter Marshall
How initially 'to get her in the sack' and subsequently...
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How initially 'to get her in the sack' and subsequently to avoid 'her giving you the sack' are not identical dilemmas faced by the male species, but they sure have a bizarre habit of being bedfellows Alex Morritt
We are women, and my plea is Let me be...
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We are women, and my plea is Let me be a woman, holy through and through, asking for nothing but what God wants to give me, receiving with both hands and with all my heart whatever that is. Elisabeth Elliot
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Ô, Wanderess, WanderessWhen did you feel your most euphoric kiss? Was I the source of your greatest bliss? Roman Payne
Our lips were for each other and our eyes were...
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Our lips were for each other and our eyes were full of dreams. We knew nothing of travel and we knew nothing of loss. Ours was a world of eternal spring, until the summer came. Roman Payne
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Ô, Muse of the Heart’s Passion, let me relive my Love’s memory, to remember her body, so brave and so free, and the sound of my Dreameress singing to me, and the scent of my Dreameress sleeping by me, Ô, sing, sweet Muse, my soliloquy! Roman Payne
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It's definitely difficult being a woman and growing up a girl. When you're graceful, people say you lack personality; when you're serene, people say you're boring; when you're confident, people say you're arrogant; when you're feminine, people say you're too girly; and when you climb trees, people say you're too much of a tomboy! As a woman, you really need to develop a very strong sense of self and the earlier you can do that, the better! You have to be all the things that you are, without allowing other people's ignorance change you! I realized that they don't know what grace is, they can't identify serenity, they have inferiority complexes, they are incapable of being feminine, and they don't know how to climb trees! . C. Joybell C.
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It's not very easy to grow up into a woman. We are always taught, almost bombarded, with ideals of what we should be at every age in our lives: "This is what you should wear at age twenty", "That is what you must act like at age twenty-five", "This is what you should be doing when you are seventeen." But amidst all the many voices that bark all these orders and set all of these ideals for girls today, there lacks the voice of assurance. There is no comfort and assurance. I want to be able to say, that there are four things admirable for a woman to be, at any age! Whether you are four or forty-four or nineteen! It's always wonderful to be elegant, it's always fashionable to have grace, it's always glamorous to be brave, and it's always important to own a delectable perfume! Yes, wearing a beautiful fragrance is in style at any age!. C. Joybell C.
A woman's happiness is in throwing everything away to live...
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A woman's happiness is in throwing everything away to live for love. Ai Yazawa
When a Wanderess has been caged, or perched with her...
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When a Wanderess has been caged, or perched with her wings clipped, She lives like a Stoic, She lives most heroic, smiling with ruby, moistened lips once her cup of Death is welcome sipped. Roman Payne
A woman must prefer her liberty over a man. To...
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A woman must prefer her liberty over a man. To be happy, she must. A man to be happy, however, must yearn for his woman more than his liberty. This is the rightful order. Roman Payne
When no possessions keep us, when no countries contain us,...
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When no possessions keep us, when no countries contain us, and no time detains us, man becomes a heroic wanderer, and woman, a wanderess. Roman Payne
What is a Wanderess? Bound by no boundaries, contained by...
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What is a Wanderess? Bound by no boundaries, contained by no countries, tamed by no time, she is the force of nature’s course. Roman Payne
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I am the woman at the water’s edge, offering you oranges for the peeling, knife glistening in the sun. This is the scent and tasteof my skin: citon and sweet. Touch me and your life will unfoldbefore you, easily as this skirtbillows then sinks, lapping against my legs, my toesfiltering through the rivers silt. Following the current out to sea, I am the kind of womanwho will come back to hauntyour dreams, move through yourhumid nights the way honeyswirls through a cup of hot tea. Shara McCallum
It’s the fire in my eyes, And the flash of...
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It’s the fire in my eyes, And the flash of my teeth, The swing in my waist, And the joy in my feet. I’m a woman Phenomenally. Maya Angelou
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From her thighs, she gives you life And how you treat she who gives you life Shows how much you value the life given to you by the Creator.And from seed to dust There is ONE soul above all others --That you must always show patience, respect, and trust And this woman is your mother. And when your soul departs your body And your deeds are weighed against the feather There is only one soul who can save yours And this woman is your mother. And when the heart of the universe Asks her hair and mind, Whether you were gentle and kind to her Her heart will be forced to remain silent And her hair will speak freely as a separate entity, Very much like the seaweed in the sea --It will reveal all that it has heard and seen. This woman whose heart has seen yours, First before anybody else in the world, And whose womb had opened the door For your eyes to experience light and more --Is your very own MOTHER.So, no matter whether your mother has been cruel, Manipulative, abusive, mentally sick, or simply childish How you treat her is the ultimate test. If she misguides you, forgive her and show her the right way With simple wisdom, gentleness, and kindness. And always remember, That the queen in the Creator's kingdom, Who sits on the throne of all existence, Is exactly the same as in yours. And her name is, T H E DIVINE MOTHER. . Suzy Kassem
These people will try to manipulate you, try to bring...
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These people will try to manipulate you, try to bring you down but remember baby girl you are a queen, own your crown. Nikki Rowe
While trying hard not to apportion blames I end up...
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While trying hard not to apportion blames I end up apportioning all the blame on myself I take several portions of the blamewhich makes my heart to be filled with guilt Amby C. Ezem
It's not that I couldn't love you more I loved...
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It's not that I couldn't love you more I loved you in a way I thought you deserved You thought you deserved more I just didn't see It Amby C. Ezem
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Scent is such a powerful tool of attraction, that if a woman has this tool perfectly tuned, she needs no other. I will forgive her a large nose, a cleft lip, even crossed-eyes; and I’ll bathe in the jouissance of her intoxicating odour. Roman Payne
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I’d loved women who were old and who were young; those extra kilos and large rumps, and others so thin there was barely even skin to pinch, and every time I held them, I worried I would snap them in two. But for all of these: where they had merited my love was in their delicious smell. Scent is such a powerful tool of attraction, that if a woman has this tool perfectly tuned, she needs no other. I will forgive her a large nose, a cleft lip, even crossed-eyes; and I’ll bathe in the jouissance of her intoxicating odour. . Roman Payne
I have always thought that if women's hair posed so...
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I have always thought that if women's hair posed so many problems, God would certainly have made us bald. Marjane Satrapi
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Derelict. my voice cracked and yolk poured out. wind chimes rigid, no breeze, no song. my wings found hidden in your suitcase. pleas for help mistaken for a swan song. i'm stuffing pages from my journal down my throat as kindling. hoping the smoke will get the taste of you out of my mouth. he looks at me from across the room and all i want is to push him against the wall. ravage. ravage. carnage has never been more vogue. is it still art if it doesn't bring you to your knees? lover, let me prey at your altar. let me bare my fangs in praise. don't i look so pretty in a funeral shroud? i keep time with the click of my creaking bones. dance with me under the milky translucence of a world suffocating. how did you find me? i buried myself beneath the cicadas. is a girl trapped in glass still a prize?let me get under your skin. i want to know what your fears taste like. i want to consume. . Taylor Rhodes
You only fix something, when it’s broken. And you -...
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You only fix something, when it’s broken. And you - are far from broken. Abhijit Naskar
Say to yourself, I am perfect, the way I am....
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Say to yourself, I am perfect, the way I am. Say to yourself, I am beautiful the way I am. Say to yourself, those who do not accept me the way I am, do not deserve me in their life. Abhijit Naskar
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Women are no sheep. Women are no fragile showpiece to be placed above the fire-place. Women of the thinking society are the builders of nations. Women of the sentient society are the builders of the world. Abhijit Naskar
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The representation of women in the society, especially through mass media has been the most delusional act ever done on the grounds of human existence. Abhijit Naskar
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A society where feminine beauty is defined not by the human self on genuine intellectual and sentimental grounds, but by a computer software on the grounds of economic interest, is more dead than alive. It is a society of human bodies, not human beings. Abhijit Naskar
How dare a person tell a woman, how to dress,...
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How dare a person tell a woman, how to dress, how to talk, how to behave! Any being who does that, is no human. Abhijit Naskar
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Listen my dear sister! You only fix something, when it’s broken. And you - are far from broken. Say to yourself, I am perfect, the way I am. Say to yourself, I am beautiful the way I am. Say to yourself, those who do not accept me the way I am, do not deserve me in their life. Abhijit Naskar
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The female brain itself is a highly intuitive emotion-processing machine, which when put to practice in the progress of the society, would do much more than any man can with all his analytical perspectives. Abhijit Naskar
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Women of the thinking society are the builders of nations. Women of the sentient society are the builders of the world. And given the same honor and dignity as men, women can build a much better and more harmonious world. Harmony and conflict-solving run in their veins. Whereas men have evolved into more authoritarian creatures. Abhijit Naskar
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I am no feminist. Even though the term "feminism" is founded upon the basic principle of gender equality, it possesses its own fundamental gender bias, which makes it inclined towards the wellbeing of women, over the wellbeing of the whole society. And if history has shown anything, it is that such fundamental biases in time corrupt even the most glorious ideas and give birth to prejudice, bigotry and differentiation. Abhijit Naskar
O my Courageous Sister! You have to become the beacon...
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O my Courageous Sister! You have to become the beacon of hope for all women around you and then for the whole society. Abhijit Naskar
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I am a scientist who studies the human mind, including the sexual differences in mental faculties, and I am telling you, ten female thinkers can teach humanity lessons equivalent to the teachings of a hundred male thinkers of history. Abhijit Naskar
Remember, for a society to truly progress we don't need...
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Remember, for a society to truly progress we don't need woman or man, we need a fully-fledged human - nothing short of that would do. Abhijit Naskar
Given the same honor and dignity as men, women can...
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Given the same honor and dignity as men, women can build a much better and more harmonious world. Abhijit Naskar
All the bloodsheds in human history have been caused by...
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All the bloodsheds in human history have been caused by men, not women. Abhijit Naskar
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Gender equality is not a belief, it is not an idea - it is a key element of the society that will define whether we the humans shall march ahead towards glory and advancement, or sink into the abyss of an existential doom. Abhijit Naskar
Women are no sheep.
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Women are no sheep. Abhijit Naskar
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Any book that spreads weakness in the heart of one gender, and authoritarianism in the other, must be burnt to ashes. Abhijit Naskar
Any nation that does not learn to place women on...
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Any nation that does not learn to place women on the same pedestal of respect and dignity as men, will never in a thousand years attain greatness. Abhijit Naskar
You are not born to follow the society, you are...
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You are not born to follow the society, you are born to inspire it - you are born to teach it - you are born to build it. Abhijit Naskar
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The world doesn't need a good woman who is meekly obedient to the uncivilized social norms that advocate female inferiority. The world needs those bad women who can think for themselves, to break the primeval norms of the society that consistently drag the human civilization back to the stone-age. Abhijit Naskar
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For thousands of years, the dumb, uncivilized, stone-age society has reduced women to mere prizes to be won, objects to be shown off, and playthings to be abused and toyed with. Now is the time to stop this primitive madness. Abhijit Naskar
Beauty is an illusion.
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Beauty is an illusion. Abhijit Naskar
If attempting to make the world a civilized one, makes...
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If attempting to make the world a civilized one, makes you a bad woman in the eyes of the dumb patriarchal society, then, by all means, be it. Abhijit Naskar
Arise my Sister! Awake my Sister! Start walking in the...
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Arise my Sister! Awake my Sister! Start walking in the path of building your own identity! Abhijit Naskar
What a hundred caring, courageous and conscientious women can achieve...
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What a hundred caring, courageous and conscientious women can achieve in ten years, would take a thousand men a hundred years. Abhijit Naskar
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We've come a long way from the time when the crowning achievement in a woman's life was her youthful marriage. And many would agree that this represents progress for women. But when did the search for someone to marry become self-absorbed and pathetic? This absence of social sympathy for women's ambitions to marry is all the more striking because the social world has cared so deeply about virtually every other aspect of these privileged young women's inner and outer lives. (..) The achievement of a good marriage is the one area of life where the most privileged, accomplished, and high achieving young women in society face a loss of support and sympathy for their ambitions and where the social expectations are for disappointment and failure, not success. . Barbara Dafoe Whitehead
It takes a great woman to respect the little man...
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It takes a great woman to respect the little man in her child, and the little child in her man. Amit Howard
Tolerating women is surprisingly easier than understanding them.
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Tolerating women is surprisingly easier than understanding them. Raheel Farooq
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To all the women I say, don’t ask to be saved by anyone, “my brave baghinis” (tigresses). Remember, if you deem yourselves as sheeps, men will treat you as such, but if you deem yourselves as tigresses, then you are the ones who will shape humanity. Abhijit Naskar
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101 Reason why its its great to be a woman : Since the advent of feminism, we can publicly ogle male bodies and not be called sexist. If a man indulges in this behavior over a picture of naked woman, he is a sexist pig, and recompense must be demanded for this slight on womankind. Summersdale Publishers
Maybe if you had megaphones on your chest they'd listen...
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Maybe if you had megaphones on your chest they'd listen to the words that came out of your lips Amby C. Ezem
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All men either consciously or subconsciously crave for authority over their environment, especially over their peers in the society, male and female alike. Women on the other hand, crave for intimacy especially from their female peers in the society. Colloquially this is what you call “gossiping”. Abhijit Naskar
The female brain is engineered to avoid conflicts at all...
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The female brain is engineered to avoid conflicts at all cost, whereas the male brain pleasures conflicts in the purpose of being the boss. Abhijit Naskar
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A woman's body is a sacred temple. A work of art, and a life-giving vessel. And once she becomes a mother, her body serves as a medicine cabinet for her infant. From her milk she can nourish and heal her own child from a variety of ailments. And though women come in a wide assortment as vast as the many different types of flowers and birds, she is to reflect divinity in her essence, care and wisdom. God created a woman's heart to be a river of love, not to become a killing machine. Suzy Kassem
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She is that maze, the one you would love to chase. She is the faith, quite missing nowadays. And her heart is a rave, with hopeless barricades. She is the one, whose tears flow, just as lavishly, as her laughter roars! Jasleen Kaur Gumber
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Ô, the wine of a womanfrom heaven is sent, more perfect than allthat a man can invent. When she came to my bed and begged me with sighsnot to tempt her towards passion nor actions unwise, I told her I’d spare her and kissed her closed eyes, then unbraided her body of its clothing disguise. While our bodies were nude bathed in candlelight fine I devoured her mouth, tender lips divine;and I drank through her thighs her feminine wine.Ô, the wine of a woman from heaven is sent, more perfect than all that a man can invent. Roman Payne
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She is the force, that you end upreading about in thick novels. She is the kind of woman, you adore, for being so content with messy hair. She is the kind, who woulddecline whatever the mankind would exalt-and redesign everything that isinclined to remind herof how strongly, the society wants her confined. To this girl, on a romantic date, he asked the question inaccurate-" Honey, why do you always take the roadthat is so untold, hard and loathed?" She thought of giving him a second chance, and resisting any anger-loaded advance, She replied, "Why do you speculate, that I choose my fate, imagining there are two roads?. Jasleen Kaur Gumber
Ô, the wine of a woman from heaven is sent,...
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Ô, the wine of a woman from heaven is sent, more perfect than all that a man can invent. Roman Payne
Mystery is what makes women, woman. A woman without mystery...
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Mystery is what makes women, woman. A woman without mystery is no woman. She is a girl who has yet discovered the depths of her heart. Imania Margria
I don't know what it is with you, but I...
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I don't know what it is with you, but I somehow become more a woman when ever your around. Nikki Rowe
To a woman sexual intimacy is more a tool to...
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To a woman sexual intimacy is more a tool to get mentally close to her partner than merely a means to physical pleasure. Abhijit Naskar
Expose Yourself to True Friendship for It Heals, encourages and...
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Expose Yourself to True Friendship for It Heals, encourages and lifts you higher. Jaachynma N.E. Agu
Never did the world make a queen of a girl...
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Never did the world make a queen of a girl who hides in houses and dreams without traveling. Roman Payne
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She could just pack up and leave, but she does not visualize what's beyond ahead. Unknown
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Thirty years of marriage to Erasto had taught her much, namely that men were reckless by nature, full of bluster, most incompetent, the rest fortunate to have a wife to keep them from allowing their innate ineptitude to engulf all around them. A.H. Septimius
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A Jewish woman in exile in the 1930s is an antihero. Unknown
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What’s the worst possible thing you can call a woman? Don’t hold back, now. You’re probably thinking of words like slut, whore, bitch, cunt (I told you not to hold back! ), skank. Okay, now, what are the worst things you can call a guy? Fag, girl, bitch, pussy. I’ve even heard the term “mangina.”Notice anything? The worst thing you can call a girl is a girl. The worst thing you can call a guy is a girl. Being a woman is the ultimate insult. Now tell me that’s not royally fucked up. . Jessica Valenti
Anything may happen when womanhood has ceased to be a...
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Anything may happen when womanhood has ceased to be a protected occupation. Virginia Woolf
Women waste so much time wearing no perfume. As for...
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Women waste so much time wearing no perfume. As for me, in every step that I have taken in life, I have been accompanied by an exquisite perfume! C. Joybell C.
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The best I can say, it's like this. A man's in his skin, see, like a nut in its shell .. It's hard and strong, that shell, and it's all full of him. Full of grand man-meat, man-self. And that's all. That's all there is. A woman's a different thing entirely. Who knows where a woman begins and ends? Listen mistress, I have roots, I have roots deeper than this island. Deeper than the sea, older than the raising of the lands. I go back into the dark .. I go back into the dark! Before the moon I am, what a woman is, a woman of power, a woman's power, deeper than the roots of trees, deeper than the roots of islands, older than the Making, older than the moon. Who dares ask questions of the dark? Who'll ask the dark its name? . Unknown
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Woman" in the abstract is young, and, we assume, charming. As they get older they pass off the stage, somehow, into private ownership mostly, or out of it altogether. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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I feel different, better, about my personal life as well as my professional life. So much confidence comes simply because I have reached this very good age. Women my age today are forging new ground. Society stops defining us by our reproductive capacity, sexual attractiveness, or other traditional measures, so we become liberated from stereotype. We are freed to grow into our full selves. I couldn’t have allowed myself to feel so positive in the past. When I was at the height of my film career, I didn’t have the kind of respect I now have from the theatrical community. I hadn’t yet proved that I have the chops for the stage. But now I have a stature I’ve never before enjoyed. Virginia Woolf herself observed that when her Aunt Mary left her enough money to live on, her financial independence meant she “need not hate” or “flatter any man.” She said this was of even more value to her freedom and autonomy than the right to vote. . Kathleen Turner
What else is as beautiful as a woman?
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What else is as beautiful as a woman? Muhammed Muazu Mukaddas
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We are diamonds in the rough Through the thrust and toil, we come out strong We are the breath of the earth, Our wombs tell of humanity's birth We are seeds splattered on putrid soils Still we sprout, through every storm We are not here to survive, We are here to live.. Inward and outward In the incandescence of our existence Yes, our voices may sometimes be broken But our spirit remains indestructible. We are women, unapologetically! . Chinonye J. Chidolue
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But seriously — how is this a good example of womanhood? How is this something we should be propping up and praising? Think about the women in your life — your mom, your aunts, your grandmothers, your sisters, your daughters, your nieces, your friends. Would you like ANY of them reduced to one small part of their anatomy? Would you tell them to their faces that they are nothing more than a walking life support system for their vaginas? ‘Cause that’s the message that feminism is sending to women the world over. I thought feminists cared more about a woman’s mind and heart, and less about her body parts.. Ladies, we are so much more than our body parts. Don’t take Hollywood airheads like Cate Blanchett as your life example. Chrissy Johnson
Once a woman is comfortable in her own skin, living...
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Once a woman is comfortable in her own skin, living her own life and building a foundation by herself; it takes one heck of a man to make her want to sacrifice her independence. Nikki Rowe
Men can go to hell! I’ll meet them there.
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Men can go to hell! I’ll meet them there. Ljupka Cvetanova
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If only one generation takes action in raising their children as humans, rather than raising boys and girls, the future human civilization shall get rid of the sinister phenomenon of misogyny sooner than you can imagine. Abhijit Naskar
Man is the master of Woman
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Man is the master of Woman" - this statement may have been a glorious fact of primitive life in the wild, but it is nothing but an obnoxious stain on psyche of the thinking humanity. Abhijit Naskar
If there's one thing I know about women, it's that...
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If there's one thing I know about women, it's that they have vaginas. J. Richard Singleton
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In a patriarchal society, one of the most important functions of the institution of the family is to make feel like a somebody whenever he is in his own yard a man who is a nobody whenever he is in his employer’s yard. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
She has this curious heavy grace, like something out of...
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She has this curious heavy grace, like something out of its element making do in a heavier medium. Like she should be living in water. Keri Hulme
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It is quite certain that the skirt means female dignity, not female submission; it can be proved by the simplest of all tests. No ruler would deliberately dress up in the recognized fetters of a slave; no judge would would appear covered with broad arrows. But when men wish to be safely impressive, as judges, priests or kings, they do wear skirts, the long, trailing robes of female dignity. The whole world is under petticoat government; for even men wear petticoats when they wish to govern. . G.k. Chesterton
When I was just a cute little caterpillar, you loved...
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When I was just a cute little caterpillar, you loved me. So I became a butterfly so you would never leave. Crystal Woods
What a beautiful woman. She moved with grace, she was...
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What a beautiful woman. She moved with grace, she was entirely feminine, and yet, she possessed incredible inner strength. She’s a survivor. Jan Moran
In an era where women undress their outfits & give...
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In an era where women undress their outfits & give their bodies so carelessly, become the rare wild woman that undresses her mind and soul & knows the worth of what she has to offer. Nikki Rowe
Her beauty is laced in her strength and interwoven through...
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Her beauty is laced in her strength and interwoven through her flaws. She embodies perfection. Kierra C.T. Banks
A beautiful woman is one with a beautiful heart. She...
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A beautiful woman is one with a beautiful heart. She may be covered with mud or sores but only her foot fit the glass slipper. Omoakhuana Anthonia
A woman’s mission centered on home and family – vital...
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A woman’s mission centered on home and family – vital spheres of ministry to be sure, but only a slice of the vast mission God originally cast by calling women to rule and subdue the earth. Carolyn Custis James
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It is only a woman who can make a man feel like a 'superhero' or 'inadequate'.Its her attention and admiration that a man desperately seeks! Sanjai Velayudhan
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Even though the advocates of feminism gladly use the term to refer to equality between man and woman, the common human brain is not capable of perceiving such equality beyond the gender bias of the very word. It'll be same as using Man to refer to both genders. Hence, the only words suitable in this scenario are Humanism and Human, rather than Feminism and Man. Abhijit Naskar
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A child is reliving millions of years of Evolution from a single cell to a XXI Century Human. This is the most amazing miracle I've ever encountered, and I am truly grateful to the Nature for letting me perform it - for letting me create a new life called Emily. Sophia Newtown
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This was trail magic. Sea Breeze’s fire, his light, his heat, his life, remained, their salvation. It is a fact that all drainages, if followed downhill, lead to the same lowland water body. Lost and fallen hikers follow drainages down because walking ridges is harder. And so, despite the complex web of paths, waterfalls, cliffs, as a hiker wanders downhill, drainages merge, faint, abstract paths coalesce, thicken, until there is one path — the one, natural, trodden way. It isn’t a coincidence that Sea Breeze, Brandon Day and Gina Allen, and countless other hikers all wandered, lost, down the same steep slope to nowhere. Aspen Matis
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Before marriage a man prays that she accepts, after marriage a woman prays that he accepts Bangambiki Habyarimana
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I never wanted to live in that place again, but if for some reason I was forced to live there again, I would never accept the harsh judgments made against me by people whose only power to do so was that they had known me from the moment I was born. Jamaica Kincaid