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“I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.”
― Hippolyte Taine

tags: animals, cats, intelligence, philosophers, smart, wisdom

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#2

“I love them, they are so nice and selfish. Dogs are TOO good and unselfish. They make me feel uncomfortable. But cats are gloriously human.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island

tags: cats, dogs

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#3

“The real fight is never about gender or clothes, it's about laying the foundation for a society where we value each other, rather than fixate on narcissistic isolation as marker of civilization.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sonnets From The Mountaintop

tags: equality, feminism, feminist, gender-equality, men-and-women, misogyny, patriarchy, sexism, toxic-masculinity

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#4

“For the masculine man, it is sometimes hard not to be angry at weakness and emotional immaturity in others, but to activate this lack of patience is what would make him the same as the very thing he's angry about.”
― Criss Jami

tags: anger, emotional-immaturity, emotional-intelligence, masculinity, maturity, patience, self-control, short-temper, toxic-masculinity, weakness

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#5

“Every monkey thinks toxic masculinity is nobility, every monkey thinks blind faith is divinity, every ape thinks tribalism is divine fury, and brainless loyalty is patriotic duty.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

tags: blind-faith, divine-intervention, fanatics, fundamentalism, fundamentalist, nationalism, patriotism, toxic-masculinity, tribalism

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#6

“I could have written a new chapter in recent years about evolving gender roles and identities - but it would remain true that when a man in our culture says NO, it's the end of the discussion, and when a woman in our culture says NO, it's the beginning of a negotiation.”
― Gavin de Becker, The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker & The Ultimate Edge by Dale Carnegie 2 Books Collection Set

tags: gender, gender-based-violence-gbv, gender-bias, gender-identity, gender-inequality, gender-roles, no, violence, violence-against-women

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#7

“Consent is a language that has many thousands more words than just 'yes' and 'no', but it's these two that everyone fixates on when determining the strength of a rape complaint. Perhaps she didn't say yes--but she didn't say no, either. It's a thought process that overwhelmingly favours the men most likely to be accused of rape, and the degree to which it will be used to protect them varies according to how much prestige and status their privilege affords them.”
― Clementine Ford, Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship

tags: consent, rape, rape-culture, rape-trials

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#8

“How do we know that she consented? Because Johns says so. And if a man says sex was consensual, nothing a woman says to the contrary will ever be enough to convince people determined to protect his reputation and preserve his entitlement.”
― Clementine Ford, Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship

tags: consent, male-privilege, power, privilege, rape, rape-culture

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#9

“I had to learn the hard way that my body was my own, and no tradition or culture had the right to tell me otherwise.”
― Hagir Elsheikh, Through Tragedy and Triumph: A Life Well Traveled

tags: abuse-survivors, female-genital-mutilation, gender-based-violence-gbv, inspirational-quotes, motivational-quotes, resilence, survivor, violence-against-women, women-empowerment-quotes, women-s-rights

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