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God, when will you create a woman who will be fulfilled in herself, a full human being, not anybody’s appendage? she prayed desperately.
The Joys of Motherhood (1979)
Every woman should be free to live the life she chooses.
The Joys of Motherhood (1979)
Yet the more I think about it the more I realise that we women set impossible standards for ourselves.
The Joys of Motherhood (1979)
In Ibuza sons help their father more than they help their mother. A mother's joy is only in the name. She worries over them, looks after them when they are small; but in the actual help on the farm, the upholding of the family name, all belong to the father.
The Joys of Motherhood (1979)
I cannot live up to your standards.
The Joys of Motherhood (1979)
Nnaife did not realise that Dr Meers's laughter was inspired by that type of wickedness that reduces any man, white or black, intelligent or not, to a new low; lower than the basest of animals, for animals at least respected each other's feelings, each other's dignity.
The Joys of Motherhood (1979)