Quote by Isabel Allende

Feminism is dated? Yes, for privileged women like my daughter and all of us here today, but not for most of our sisters in the rest of the world who are still forced into premature marriage, prostitution, forced labor - they have children that they don't want or they cannot feed.

Feminism is dated? Yes, for privileged women like my daughte

Summary

This quote highlights the misconception that feminism is no longer relevant in today's society, particularly for privileged women. However, it argues that feminism remains a crucial movement for countless women across the globe who continue to experience oppression, such as forced marriages, prostitution, and labor exploitation. These women face severe challenges including unwanted pregnancies and inability to provide for their children. The quote serves as a reminder that feminism is still necessary to address the inequalities and injustices faced by women in various parts of the world.

Topics

By Isabel Allende

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

So, did I work with Warhol? I worked with him less on that p

So, did I work with Warhol? I worked with him less on that play then I did on other things. He actually did a portrait of my rabbit and some other stuff. Warhol was definitely... Warhol.

Harvey Fierstein

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

Death Enemy Bible

Ah! That must be Aunt Augusta. Only relatives, or creditors,

Ah! That must be Aunt Augusta. Only relatives, or creditors, ever ring in that Wagnerian manner.

Every artist was first an amateur.

Every artist was first an amateur.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Talent Skills Artist Talents Skill

With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stock

With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stock broker, can gain a reputation for being civilized.

Love is not blind -- it sees more, not less. But because it

Love is not blind -- it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less.

Rabbi J. Gordon

Internalization. This occurs when you've exploited impact, w

Internalization. This occurs when you've exploited impact, when you've molded the standard material to your needs and made it yours, when you've made your new skills strong through hard use. All of a sudden these new concepts stopped churning within you, and a new reality is born: You and the concepts are one. They have literally become you. You have become them.

I'm at the age now where just putting my cigar in its holder

I'm at the age now where just putting my cigar in its holder is a thrill.

There is so much potential out there in young people and the

There is so much potential out there in young people and they aren't getting the right information or being encouraged in the right ways. This is our duty as a society.

Benjamin Carson

There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no ot

There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time.

I had been impressed by the fact that biological systems wer

I had been impressed by the fact that biological systems were based on molecular machines and that we were learning to design and build these sorts of things.

K. Eric Drexler

Friends are thieves of time.

Friends are thieves of time.