Mermaid No More Quotes

“Self-sacrifice is a power issue: inappropriate sacrifice is self-defeating and even destructive because it causes you to lose your power.”
― Stephanie Golden, Mermaid No More: Breaking Women's Culture of Sacrifice

“the impulse toward excessive self sacrifice comes from women's history, not their nature. The reason self-sacrifice seems so natural for women in Western culture is that centuries ago, we were handed the role of sacrificing and suffering for the benefit of the entire society—and we’re still doing it.”
― Stephanie Golden, Mermaid No More: Breaking Women's Culture of Sacrifice