Perhaps part of a woman’s freeing herself is freeing her partner, her father, her brother, and her son.
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Kõik mõtted: Glennon Doyle
Untamed vol 47
In a misogynistic culture, all that is needed to label the feminine. Then we can forever discount them in women and forever shame them out of men. Ta-da: no more messy, world- changing tenderness to deal with.
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Untamed vol 45
Because disallowing the expression of these qualities is the way the status quo keeps its power.
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Untamed vol 44
The problem is that the parts of themselves that our boys have been banished from are not feminine traits; they are human traits.
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Untamed vol 43
We train boys to believe that the way to become a man is to objectify and conquer women, value wealth and power above all, and suppress any emotions other than competitiveness and rage.
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Untamed vol 42
It’s a lifelong battle for a woman to stay whole and free in a world hell-bent on caging her.
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Untamed vol 41
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Untamed vol 38
Ready meant having an internal narrative about what it means to be a woman that they could weigh against the world’s narrative. I did not have an alternative narrative as a child, so when the world told me that a real girl is small, a quiet, pretty, accommodating, and pleasant, I believed that this was the Truth.
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Untamed vol 38
Those who made the phones are creative people, and they want their children to become people who create, not just consume.
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Untamed vol 37
Untamed vol 36
Maybe Eve was never meant to be our warning. Maybe she was meant to be our model.
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Untamed vol 35
What women want is good. What women want is beautiful. And what women want is dangerous, but not to women. Not to the common good. What women want is a threat to the injustice of the status quo.
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Untamed vol 34
If your desire feels wrong to you: Go deeper. You can trust yourself. You just have to get low enough.
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