This is how psychiatry has functioned-as a kind of property arm of the government, who can put you away if your husband doesn't like you.

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Everybody believes in psychiatry; it's supposed to be for our own good. Let psychiatry prove...

Everybody believes in psychiatry; it's supposed to be for our own good. Let psychiatry prove...

We are women. We are a subject people who have inherited an alien culture.

We are women. We are a subject people who have inherited an alien culture.

As women, we're probably more protective of children. Also, we've been minors all of our...

As women, we're probably more protective of children. Also, we've been minors all of our...

I was supposed to be women's lib, and now I'd exceeded it and gone over...

I was supposed to be women's lib, and now I'd exceeded it and gone over...

They are more beautiful than anything in the world, kinetic sculptures, perfect form in motion.

They are more beautiful than anything in the world, kinetic sculptures, perfect form in motion.

What is our freedom fight about? Is it about the liberation of children or just...

What is our freedom fight about? Is it about the liberation of children or just...

Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most.

Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most.

However muted its present appearance may be, sexual domination obtains nevertheless as perhaps the most...

However muted its present appearance may be, sexual domination obtains nevertheless as perhaps the most...

Psychiatry causes so much death.

Psychiatry causes so much death.

Isn't privacy about keeping taboos in their place?

Isn't privacy about keeping taboos in their place?

What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know?...

What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know?...

What is the natural reaction when told you have a hopeless mental illness? That diagnosis...

What is the natural reaction when told you have a hopeless mental illness? That diagnosis...

The involuntary character of psychiatric treatment is at odds with the spirit and ethics of...

The involuntary character of psychiatric treatment is at odds with the spirit and ethics of...

I saw hell. The hospital had divided and conquered pretty successfully.

I saw hell. The hospital had divided and conquered pretty successfully.

Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life...

Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life...

I'm slammed with an identity that can no longer say a word; mute with responsibility.

I'm slammed with an identity that can no longer say a word; mute with responsibility.

The great mass of women throughout history have been confined to the cultural level of...

The great mass of women throughout history have been confined to the cultural level of...

If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious.

If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious.

Capitalism is founded on greed and envy

Capitalism is founded on greed and envy

No fashion has ever been created expressly for the lean purse or for the fat...

No fashion has ever been created expressly for the lean purse or for the fat...