My point is not to stratify our society-we have done that far to well already-my point is to diversify our discourse.Ī woman's strength should not be in her role, whatever she chooses it to be, but in the power to choose that role. For yet others, it will be neither.ĭo not mistake me in assuming I value one woman's role above another. For some, it will be the role of scholar for others, it will be the role of wife. I say that there is no role for women-there is, instead, a role for each woman, and she must make it for herself. No matter how broad that role is, it will be-by-nature-a reduction from the infinite variety that is womanhood. Half of the population must somehow be reduced to the role arrived at by a single conversation.

They ignore the greater assumption-that a 'place' for women must be defined and set forth to begin with. They consider themselves progressive because they are willing to challenge many of the assumptions of the past. The inherent bias in the inquiry seems invisible to so many of them. I rebel against this question, though so many of my peers ask it.

“ What is a woman's place in this modern world? Jasnah Kholin's words read.

Quotes about free will