There are moment of sadness and moment of joy. This is life.

~ Beth Cohen

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Making God a man is the consolation prize that our forefathers gave themselves for not being the ones who were each blessed with a vagina.

~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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In a patriarchal society, one of the most important functions of the institution of the family is to make feel like a somebody whenever he is in his own yard a man who is a nobody whenever he is in his employer’s yard.

~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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The female warrior knows how to fight without violence. She knows when not to raise her sword, but instead hold up her heart. Her shield is not a defense against others but a shelter for all.

~ Riitta Klint

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The patrists poison themselves. The matrists tend to decay, which is merely another kind of poison.

~ Theodore Sturgeon

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In Bonoboville, the females gently but firmly rule the roost, keeping the males gentle and firm

~ Susan Block

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I sometimes try to imagine what would have happened if we’d known the bonobo first and the chimpanzee only later—or not at all. The discussion about human evolution might not revolve as much around violence, warfare and male dominance, but rather around sexuality, empathy, caring and cooperation. What a different intellectual landscape we would occupy!

~ Frans De Waal

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