Mary Daly
Mary Daly
Mary Dalywas an American radical feminist philosopher, academic, and theologian. Daly, who described herself as a "radical lesbian feminist", taught at Jesuit-run Boston College for 33 years. Daly retired in 1999, after violating university policy by refusing to allow male students in her advanced women's studies classes. She allowed male students in her introductory class and privately tutored those who wanted to take advanced classes...
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth16 October 1928
keys feminist revolution
Courage to be is the key to revelatory power of the feminist revolution.
self psychics insulting
Every woman who has come to consciousness can recall an almost endless series of oppressive, violating, insulting, assaulting acts against her Self. Every woman is battered by such assaults - is on a psychic level, a battered woman.
roots etymology sin
The word ‘sin’ is derived from the Indo-European root ‘es-,’ meaning ‘to be.’ When I discovered this etymology, I intuitively understood that for a [person] trapped in patriarchy, which is the religion of the entire planet, ‘to be’ in the fullest sense is ‘to sin'.
funny humor equality
I had explained that a woman's asking for equality in the church would be comparable to a black person's demanding equality in the Ku Klux Klan
ignorance men evil
God's plan' is often a front for men's plans and a cover for inadequacy, ignorance, and evil.
courage courageous habit
You become courageous by doing courageous acts...Courage is a habit.