“As a woman you are better off in life earning your own money. You couldn't prevent your husband from leaving you or taking another wife, but you could have some of your dignity if you didn't have to beg him for financial support.”

—  Ayaan Hirsi Ali, book Infidel

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Dutch feminist, author 1969

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