If I Were A Man,

It Is Easier To Live Through Someone Else Than To Complete Yourself. The Freedom To Lead And Plan Your Own Life Is Frightening If You Have Never Faced It Before. It Is Frightening When A Woman Finally Realizes That There Is No Answer To The Question 'who Am I' Except The Voice Inside Herself.

What Had Really Caused The Women's Movement Was The Additional Years Of Human Life. At The Turn Of The Century Women's Life Expectancy Was Forty-six; Now It Was Nearly Eighty. Our Groping Sense That We Couldn't Live All Those Years In Terms Of Motherhood Alone Was "the Problem That Had No Name." Realizing That It Was Not Some Freakish Personal Fault But Our Common Problem As Women Had Enabled Us To Take The First Steps To Change Our Lives.

Getting Older Is An Adventure, Not A Problem.

Having Expressed The Rage Against The Laws And Conditions That Oppressed Them - Maybe Even Excess Anger In The Beginning Was Directed At Men They Came In Contact With, Because It Had Been Pent Up Too Long - Women Now Come From A New Position Of Easier, More Comfortable Self-affirmation And Empowerment. Women Are Given To Tolerance And Are More Able To Love. I Hope It Happens Also To Men.

[feminist:] One Who Believes In The Liberation Of That Which Has Been Suppressed As Female In A Man.