Best Of Soraya Chemaly's "Rage Becomes Her"
Here is a selection of memorable quotes from Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger by Soraya Chemaly It took me too long to realize that the people most inclined to say "You sound angry" are the same people who uniformly don't care to ask "Why?" They're interested in silence, not dialogue. This response to women expressing anger happens on larger and larger scales: in schools, places of worship, the work-place, and politics. A society that does not respect women's anger is one that does not respect women—not as human beings, thinkers, knowers, active participants, or citizens. p. xxii We are so busy teaching girls to be likeable that we often forget to teach them, as we do boys, that they should be respected. p. 8 When we call our anger sadness instead of anger, we often fail to acknowledge what is wrong, specifically in a way that discourages us from imagining and pursuing change. Sadness, as an emotion, is paired with acceptance. Anger, on ...
