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Phyllis Chesler

Psychotherapist, college professor, and author · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1940 · age 86

Phyllis Chesler is an American writer, psychotherapist, and professor emerita of psychology and women's studies at the College of Staten Island (CUNY).

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2010“Although Sikhs and Hindus do sometimes commit such murders, honor killings, both worldwide and in the West, are mainly Muslim-on-Muslim crimes.”In their wordsWorldwide Trends in Honor Killings by Phyllis Chesler Middle East Quarterly Spring 2010, pp. 3-11Read the whole statement

2005“It is clear that women who are feminists must gradually and ultimately dominate public and social institutions - so as to ensure that they are not used against women.”In their wordsWomen and Madness (2005), p. 347 (emphases & latter ellipsis in original), and see Women and Madness (1972), pp. 298-299 (similar text).Read the whole statement

“To those who think I am suggesting that we have a war between the sexes, I say: but we've always had one.”In their wordsWomen and Madness (2005), p. 345, and Women and Madness (1972), p. 297.Read the whole statement

“I am not saying that a female-dominated or Amazon society based on the oppression of men is any more "just" than is a male-dominated society based on the oppression of women.”In their wordsWomen and Madness (2005), p. 338 (emphasis in original), and see Women and Madness (1972), pp. 287-288 (similar text).Read the whole statement

“Should or can there be a single standard of behavior for both sexes?”In their wordsWomen and Madness (2005), p. 346, and see Women and Madness (1972), p. 298 (similar text).Read the whole statement

“For women not to fear rape because we can successfully defend ourselves against it is not anachronistic but revolutionary.”In their wordsWomen and Madness (2005), p. 340 (emphasis in original), and see Women and Madness (1972), pp. 290-291 (similar text).Read the whole statement

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I am not talking about illegal immigrants to Europe or North America. I am describing Muslims who are penetrating India’s West Bengal region.
9 September 2010 · Phyllis Chesler, Muslim Persecution of Hindus In India -- The Story You Won't See In the Western Mainstream Media, Own words
Miracles of consciousness aside, I see no way for women to defeat or transfer patriarchy without achieving power.
2005 · Women and Madness (2005), p. 341, and see Women and Madness (1972), p. 292 (similar text)., Own words
Amazon society, as mythology, history, and universal male nightmare, represents a culture in which women reign culturally supreme because of their gender.
2005 · Women and Madness (2005), pp. 335-336 (emphases in original), and see Women and Madness (1972), pp. 284-285 (similar text)., Own words

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She is a renowned second-wave feminist psychologist and the author of 20 books, including the best-sellers Women and Madness (1972), With Child: A Diary of Motherhood (1979), and An American Bride in Kabul: A Memoir (2013). Chesler has written extensively about topics such as gender, mental illness, divorce and child custody, surrogacy, second-wave feminism, pornography, prostitution, incest, and violence against women.

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