The mysteries of death and birth occupy women far more than is the case with men, to whom political and mercantile speculations are more congenial.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The production of children, the nurture of those born, and the daily life of men, of these matters woman is visibly the cause.
There is a sense that women are more anchored than men in our society.
Like their personal lives, women's history is fragmented, interrupted; a shadow history of human beings whose existence has been shaped by the efforts and the demands of others.
I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time.
We live in an era of globalization and the era of the woman. Never in the history of the world have women been more in control of their destiny.
Studies show that women are more likely than men to die in natural disasters. Women's voices must be heard.
Women did not have as many options as men, and I need to reflect that reality in my mysteries.
It has been said that the position of woman is the test of civilization, and that of our women was secure. In them was vested our standard of morals and the purity of our blood.
When the men kill, it is up to us women to fight for the preservation of life.
All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only one man; no society will survive a shortage of women.