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Tag: subordination

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The subordination from inside ourselves

21 May, 201321 May, 2013 Karl MöllerLeave a comment

Here’s another thought-provoking little snippet from Fifty Shades of Feminism, edited by Lisa Appignanesi, Rachel Holmes and Susie Orbach. In ‘When It Started for Me’, Gillian Slovo notes that, in the women’s groups she used to attend, ‘we questioned the subordination that came not just from outside but also from inside ourselves’.

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‘You have to trust that every true friendship has no end …. The love you give and receive is a reality that will lead you closer and closer to God as well as to those whom God has given you to love.’

(Henri J. M. Nouwen, The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey through Anguish to Freedom)

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