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The story is framed around [avid Petraeus] resignation. So many headlines that followed talked about his ruined career. They completely ignore the fact that my career was ruined, other peoples' careers were ruined. They focus on him as the victim.

Paula Broadwell

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Paula Broadwell
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: November 9
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The national media don't know me. They know the caricature that was created of me by journalists who were frankly jealous of my access. And it was a very negative caricature. There's this propensity for blaming a woman. It comes down to implicit bias. There are so many studies that show this.
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[Fighting for equality for women] that's what my mission has been for the last years.
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Hopefully women can work with [Ivanka Trump ] to influence up the chain of command. I think it's good for us, for women. It's a glimmer of hope.
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I also feel like I've done plenty of wrong things. I'm not innocent here, and I'm certainly not going to be righteous about that.
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I'm not in love with David Petraeus. But I think he does present a terrific role model.
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I don't have the advocates. I don't have a good old boys network. Part of what I want to do is to create a good old girls network.
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Having a bunch of medals and badges doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve achieved anything, you’ve got to do something beyond yourself to make a difference in life. Seek to be consequential in whatever you do.
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As a feminist, I'll wear whatever I want to.
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My peers are all in sensitive jobs - at the C.I.A., the National Security Council, working for the Department of Defense. They can't stand up for me in public.
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It really felt like a tidal wave of bias washed over our country and we're still soaked in it.
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It's reducing my entire professional career and background to this one word [mistress].
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I had been sort of a rising star - an athlete, a scholar, a leader. My dream was to become a high-level national security adviser.
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I was an academic and I lost my assignment at Harvard. Meanwhile, [David Petraeus] gets invited to Harvard to become a fellow.
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I just genuinely believe in the concept of redemption and renewal, so I was happy. When I get beyond my feelings, I had my own family and friends and so many women across America come to me and say their blood was boiling, asking me how this could happen.
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I had been working on a second book with [David] Petraeus called Relentless. Obviously that book and the income that it would have generated went away.
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I want to serve. I love my country. I love service above self and I don't want my talents to go to waste. I also want to send a message to other men and women who've tripped over themselves, or over life: that you need to serve your time in purgatory.
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I was encouraged, though, because I saw feminist writers - male and female - calling out the bias. I feel like more and more writers are cognizant of the problems and are willing to try to challenge them.
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We have to raise our young boys to respect women and our young girls to demand respect and to get their values from something other than their physicality.
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We had to communicate through our lawyers a couple of times over the years, and [David Petraeus] told me that people have been like, Good job, Dave. Congratulating him. That's the double standard. I've concluded that sharing it won't change anything.
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When I fell, some people were in such shock that they didn't reach out. They were so mad at me, rather than having compassion for what happened. I lost a lot of friends.
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