“The noumenal is the realm of ideas and exists only in and through reason. In the phenomenal realm, our knowledge is grossly incomplete, we can know objects only as they affect us; what they may be in themselves remains unknown.”— Nancy J. Hirschmann, amazon.com
“If generalized conditions like poverty can be established as a barrier to freedom, perhaps patriarchy can be similarly established.”— Nancy J. Hirschmann, amazon.com
“In this sense, these rules and norms of patriarchy are not simply external restrictions on women’s otherwise natural desires; rather, they create an entire cultural context that makes women seem to choose what they are in fact restricted to.”— Nancy J. Hirschmann, amazon.com