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In our patriarchal world, we are al1 taught -- whether we like to think we are or not -- that God, being male, values maleness much more than he values femaleness . . . that in order to propitiate God, women must propitiate men.

Source: From Housewife to Heretic, 1981.
-- Sonia Johnson, (Feb 27 1936-____), US activist, religious leader; She was excommunicated by the Mormon Church because of her outspoken support for the Equal Rights Amendment; wrote From Housewife to Heretic, 1981.

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