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The feminist movement taught women to see themselves as victims of an oppressive patriarchy. ... Self-imposed victimhood is not a recipe for happiness.

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Phyllis Schlafly
Age: 92 †
Born: 1924
Born: August 15
Died: 2016
Died: September 5
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St. Louis
Missouri
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Sex education classes are like in-home sales parties for abortions.
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It's very healthy for a young girl to be deterred from promiscuity by fear of contracting a painful, incurable disease, or cervical cancer, or sterility, or the likelihood of giving birth to a dead, blind or brain-damaged baby (even ten years later when she may be happily married).
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After Big Media, U.S. colleges and universities are the biggest enemies of the values of red-state Americans.
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Forcing women in or near land combat will hurt recruiting, not help.
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Politics was my hobby, and I really spent 25 years as a full-time homemaker. I tell the feminists the only person's permission I had to get was my husband's.
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Much of the demand for women in combat comes from female officers who are eager for medals and promotions.
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History offers no evidence for the proposition that the assignment of women to military combat jobs is the way to win wars, improve combat readiness, or promote national security.
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Since the women are the ones who bear the babies and there's nothing we can do about that, our laws and customs then make it the financial obligation of the husband to provide the support. It is his obligation and his sole obligation. And this is exactly and precisely what we will lose if the Equal Rights Amendment is passed.
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The men sometimes do a better job of concealing their hate than the women. With the feminists, you can see it in their faces.
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