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In a world where women work three times as hard for half as much, our achievement has been denigrated, both marriage and divorce have turned against us, our motherhood has been used as an obstacle to our success, our

In a world where women work three times as hard for half as much, our achievement has been denigrated, both marriage and divorce have turned against us, our motherhood has been used as an obstacle to our success, our passion as a trap, our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.

Erica Jong
Passion, Divorce, Motherhood
Erica Jong (2006). “Fear of Fifty”, p.15, Penguin

Pleasure is terrifying because it breaks down the boundaries between people. Embracing passion means living with fear.

Erica Jong
Sex, Mean, Passion

Isn't that the problem? That women have been swindled for centuries into substituting adornment for love, fashion (as it were) for passion?

Erica Jong
Fashion, Passion, Feminist

The Passion that one Soul hath for God cannot be judged by another.

Erica Jong
Passion, Soul, Belief
Erica Jong (1981). “Fanny”

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