"There is still the feeling that women's writing is a lesser class of writing, that what goes on in the nursery or the bedroom is not as important as what goes on in the battlefield, that what women know about is a less category of knowledge"
- Erica Jong
About this Quote
This quote by Erica Jong talks with the enduring sex prejudice in literary works and the arts. It suggests that women's writing is frequently viewed as inferior to males's creating, and that the subjects ladies discuss are not as important or valuable as those created by men. This bias is rooted in the idea that women's experiences are not as important or as useful as guys's experiences, which what women learn about is a lower group of knowledge. This quote talks to the need for higher depiction of ladies's voices in literature as well as the arts, as well as for better recognition of the value of females's experiences and also understanding. It is a suggestion that females's stories and also point of views are equally as important as well as useful as men's, and that they should be given the same respect and acknowledgment.
This quote is written / told by Erica Jong somewhere between March 26, 1942 and today. He/she was a famous Novelist from USA.
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