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Faye Wattleton Quotes

The influence of one’s parents is powerful and permanent Picture Quote #1

My mother taught me a lot of things, but they had big presuppositions built in - like her expectation that I’d be a missionary nurse in a religious order Picture Quote #1

In 1985, I saw a tape of myself where my eyes were puffy. I looked very tired and bedraggled and not as youthful as I would like to have been Picture Quote #1

My mother was from Mississippi, or is from ‘Mississippi;’ my father was from Alabama. He speaks about conditions in Mississippi and Alabama. They were really the poster children for the bad public laws that segregated, according to race, in our country Picture Quote #1

Being a person who has had plastic surgery and goes to the gym five days a week to work my muscles up so they don’t look atrophied as a 60-year-old, I don’t disparage people who want to maintain their appearance. But what I don’t want is a society that tells me I have to Picture Quote #1

Many African-American men are incarcerated. And so African-American women do carry an enormous burden. And traditionally have carried a greater burden than perhaps their white counterparts Picture Quote #1

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Social change rarely comes about through the efforts of the disenfranchised. The middle class creates social revolutions Picture Quote #1

The deal is that women have entered the workforce, but they have not been relieved of the domestic responsibilities Picture Quote #1

The only safe ship in a storm is leadership Picture Quote #1

My satisfaction comes from my commitment to advancing a better world Picture Quote #1

If we can’t preserve the privacy of our right to procreate, I can’t imagine what rights we will be able to protect Picture Quote #1

American teens have the worst of all worlds... Our children are bombarded and confronted with sexual messages, sexual exploitation, and all manner of sexual criticism. But our society is by and large sexually illiterate Picture Quote #1

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Affirmative action has been generally cast in terms of race. I think women themselves are not as cognizant of the role affirmative action has played in opening the doors for women Picture Quote #1

A woman who places a high priority on performance and excellence is seen as imperial. A man is seen as demanding and tough Picture Quote #1

We’ve consistently seen, since the late 1990s, that more than half of women believe that abortion should be severely restricted or abolished altogether Picture Quote #1

Whoever is providing leadership needs to be as fresh and thoughtful and reflective as possible to make the very best fight Picture Quote #1

I think we have deluded ourselves into believing that people don’t know that abortion is killing. So any pretense that abortion is not killing is a signal of our ambivalence, a signal that we cannot say yes, it kills a fetus Picture Quote #1

Reproductive freedom is critical to a whole range of issues. If we can’t take charge of this most personal aspect of our lives, we can’t take care of anything. It should not be seen as a privilege or as a benefit, but a fundamental human right Picture Quote #1

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Until the day arrives when all women decide that our rights are not negotiable, our future choices will not be secure Picture Quote #1

One of the sad commentaries on the way women are viewed in our society is that we have to fit one category. I have never felt that I had to be in one category Picture Quote #1

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The influence of one’s parents is powerful and permanent (Faye Wattleton Quotes) My mother taught me a lot of things, but they had big presuppositions built in - like her expectation that I’d be a missionary nurse in a religious order. (Faye Wattleton Quotes) In 1985, I saw a tape of myself where my eyes were puffy. I looked very tired and bedraggled and not as youthful as I would like to have been. (Faye Wattleton Quotes) My mother was from Mississippi, or is from ‘Mississippi;’ my father was from Alabama. He speaks about conditions in Mississippi and Alabama. They were really the poster children for the bad public laws that segregated, according to race, in our country. (Faye Wattleton Quotes) Being a person who has had plastic surgery and goes to the gym five days a week to work my muscles up so they don’t look atrophied as a 60-year-old, I don’t disparage people who want to maintain their appearance. But what I don’t want is a society that tells me I have to. (Faye Wattleton Quotes) Many African-American men are incarcerated. And so African-American women do carry an enormous burden. And traditionally have carried a greater burden than perhaps their white counterparts. (Faye Wattleton Quotes) Social change rarely comes about through the efforts of the disenfranchised. The middle class creates social revolutions (Faye Wattleton Quotes) The deal is that women have entered the workforce, but they have not been relieved of the domestic responsibilities (Faye Wattleton Quotes) The only safe ship in a storm is leadership (Faye Wattleton Quotes) My satisfaction comes from my commitment to advancing a better world (Faye Wattleton Quotes) If we can’t preserve the privacy of our right to procreate, I can’t imagine what rights we will be able to protect (Faye Wattleton Quotes) American teens have the worst of all worlds... Our children are bombarded and confronted with sexual messages, sexual exploitation, and all manner of sexual criticism. But our society is by and large sexually illiterate (Faye Wattleton Quotes) Affirmative action has been generally cast in terms of race. I think women themselves are not as cognizant of the role affirmative action has played in opening the doors for women (Faye Wattleton Quotes) A woman who places a high priority on performance and excellence is seen as imperial. A man is seen as demanding and tough (Faye Wattleton Quotes) We’ve consistently seen, since the late 1990s, that more than half of women believe that abortion should be severely restricted or abolished altogether (Faye Wattleton Quotes) Whoever is providing leadership needs to be as fresh and thoughtful and reflective as possible to make the very best fight (Faye Wattleton Quotes) I think we have deluded ourselves into believing that people don’t know that abortion is killing. So any pretense that abortion is not killing is a signal of our ambivalence, a signal that we cannot say yes, it kills a fetus (Faye Wattleton Quotes) Reproductive freedom is critical to a whole range of issues. If we can’t take charge of this most personal aspect of our lives, we can’t take care of anything. It should not be seen as a privilege or as a benefit, but a fundamental human right (Faye Wattleton Quotes) Until the day arrives when all women decide that our rights are not negotiable, our future choices will not be secure (Faye Wattleton Quotes) One of the sad commentaries on the way women are viewed in our society is that we have to fit one category. I have never felt that I had to be in one category (Faye Wattleton Quotes)