No woman shall have the legal right to bear a child without a permit for parenthood.
Margaret SangerRead
No woman can call herself free who does not control her own body.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Freedom for women includes autonomy over their own bodies.
This quote by Margaret Sanger emphasizes the fundamental belief that true freedom for women is inseparable from their ability to make decisions about their own bodies. It advocates for bodily autonomy as a core element of women's rights, suggesting that without this control, women cannot be genuinely free, as their lives and choices are dictated by external forces rather than their own will.
Themes
FreedomBody ControlWomen'S RightsAutonomyEmpowerment
In practice
Example use cases
During a women's rights march, this quote can be shared to highlight the importance of bodily autonomy.
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A mutual and satisfied sexual act is of great benefit to the average woman, the magnetism of it is health giving. When it is not desired on the part of the woman and she has no response, it should not take place. This is an act of prostitution and is degrading to the woman's finer sensibility, all the marriage certificates on earth to the contrary notwithstanding.
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War, famine, poverty and oppression of the workers will continue while woman makes life cheap. They will cease only when she limits her reproductivity and human life is no longer a thing to be wasted.
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