Christine de Pizan

Motivated SadnessI considered myself most unfortunate because God had made me inhabit a female body in this world - Christine de Pizan (French-Italian author)Look This Way - Look That Way - Another

To Hoard or Not to Hoard... it is a deed of greater charity to give a bit of bread to the poor in the time of high prices and famine, than a whole

Don't Ignore Half your PopulationIf it were customary to send daughters to school like sons, and if they were then taught the natural sciences, they would learn as thoroughly and understand the subtleties

What's the Point?Just as women's bodies are softer than men's, so their understanding is sharper. - Christine de Pizan (French-Italian author)Sharp To The Point and Surrounded by Darkness - A planksip®

The Hot and Cold of IgnoranceCondemning all women in order to help some misguided men get over their foolish behaviour is tantamount to denouncing fire, which is a vital and beneficial element, just

We Teach Our Children to Share, Then What?Do not let the bread of the hungry mildew in your larder! Do not let moths eat the poor man's cloak. Do not store the

Golden Rule 2.0Ah, child and youth, if you knew the bliss which resides in the taste of knowledge, and the evil and ugliness that lies in ignorance, how well you are advised

Biblical AddendumThere Adam slept, and God formed the body of woman from one of his ribs, signifying that she should stand at his side as a companion and never lie at his feet

Not Always the Case But Worth ConsideringMen who have slandered the opposite sex have usually known women who were cleverer and more virtuous than they are. - Christine de Pizan (French-Italian author)Adiyoga

Those who plead their cause in the absence of an opponent can invent to their heart's content, can pontificate without taking into account the opposite point of view and keep the best arguments

Man-Made EvilI am ... troubled and grieved when men argue that many women want to be raped and that it does not bother them at all to be raped by men even when they

Knowledge is not a CompetitionNot all men (and especially the wisest) share the opinion that it is bad for women to be educated. But it is very true that many foolish men have

She Thinks, Therefore She CanA woman with a mind is fit for any task. - Christine de Pizan (French-Italian author)Doubt Makes You Think - Cogito Ergo Sum - The Cartesian PresuppositionSupport Your

Arete for AllThe man or the woman in whom resides greater virtue is the higher; neither the loftiness nor the lowliness of a person lies in the body according to the sex, but

Boo Ya!Once a man criticized my desire for knowledge by saying that it was not fitting for a woman to possess learning because there was so little of it. I replied that