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When men imagine a female uprising, they imagine a world in which women rule men as men have ruled women. Most men can’t really imagine “equality.” All they can imagine is having the existing power structure inverted.

— Sally Kempton Attributed

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Wikiquote lists this as attributed to Sally Kempton, but no primary source has been found.

Source: As quoted in Notes for Participants, National Forensic League's Lincoln-Douglas Debate on Feminism and Gender Equality (November 11, 1995) by Twiss Butler, National Organization for Women
Source quality: Secondhand citation Quoted from another book or article rather than from the original.

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I knew the writing came from the place that’s the closest you can get to truth. But the downside was, I became a character in a public story that resembled mine but was a huge oversimplification of a complex life.

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