"If something in our culture that is advocating oppression is unable to be criticized, evaluated and changed, this is …"

"The popular image of Mexican woman is as somber-clad, long-suffering females praying in dimly-lit colonial churches. …"

"When was the last time you heard Gloria Steinem or Betty Friedan talk about welfare rights?"

"In the middle class, the employment issue is social mobility, it's promotion, tenure. Women with Ph.D's don't want to…"

"The roots of the psyche of la Chicana lies deep within the colonial period in Mexico."

"The veneration of the Virgin Mary defined the woman's identity as a virgin, as a saintly mother, as a wife-sex object…"

"In her effort to convince critics of the differences between Chicana and white feminists, NietoGomez produces a monol…"

"Here's the double standard: "If I have a meeting, you stay at the house and take care of the kids. If you have a meet…"

"Rape is an act of violent aggression, and it's something we have the right to defend ourselves against."

"Marianismo forced Spanish women into acceptable sexual and social roles. The three basic images were of woman as virg…"