22 quotes found
“Those of us who embrace the feminine know its strength.”
“The mermaid is an archetypal image that represents a woman who is at ease in the great waters of life, the waters of emotion and sexuality. She shows us how to embrace our instinctive sexuality and...”
“If women understand by emancipation the adoption of the masculine role then we are lost indeed.”
“One understands now the drama that rends the adolescent girl at puberty: she cannot become a grown-up without accepting her femininity”
“Both men and women experience pressure to conform to social standards of attractiveness. Men to look strong and be tough, women to look pretty and soft. Men to be masculine, women to be feminine. M...”
“When conquest became the mode, people burnt the feminine out of the planet. We made it like this that the masculine is the only way to be successful, and we have compelled even women to be very mas...”
“Centuries of social conditioning has created a generational fear among women of being perceived as masculine.This is where all the shaming and labels come into play, which perpetuate the oppression...”
“Having ascended to some spiritual strength by focusing on the power of the feminine, it is no doubt tempting to wield this strength against that which triggers memories of having once been weaker.”
“There is a theory that men do not need Paganism because they have endless avenues of societal power available. Why use spells when one can get a bank loan with little trouble? The world already ben...”
“But Grandmre is just like all those other women who go around wanting the same rights as men, but dont want to call themselves feminists. Because that isnt feminine.”
“She might not be sweetShe might not be upbeatShe is womanHer strength finespun To the unkind,She changes her mind.Oh woman, solid purebred.Hold high your head.”
“The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.”
“I have an extremely strong, masculine mind and a feminine sensibility level, which is kind of an unusual combination. Both men and women tell me things and I can relate on two levels simultaneously.”
“While trying hard not to apportion blamesI end up apportioning all the blame on myselfI take several portions of the blamewhich makes my heart to be filled with guilt”
“Both spouses are equal, yet different. One of the most beautiful things about a relationship is that the feminine energy can feed a masculine mans heart. And, the masculine energy can totally light...”
“It is only in pain that a woman is capable of rising above mediocrity. Her resistance to pain is infinite; one can use and abuse it without any fear that she will die, as long as some childish phys...”
“Man's love is of man's life a thing apart,'Tis woman's whole existence.”
“Nature intended in her design a hearty life of toil, open fires and plump old age attended by a brood of sun-touched brats.”
“Huysmans takes the old trope of moon-as-woman and replaces its romantic connotations with decadent ones: the moon here is woman as clamorous lunatic, as convulsive epileptic.”
“But Grandmère is just like all those other women who go around wanting the same rights as men, but don’t want to call themselves feminists. Because that isn’t “feminine.”
