"There is one common condition for the lot of women in Western civilization and all other civilizations that we know about for certain, and that is, woman as a sex is disliked and persecuted, while as an individual she is liked, loved, and even, with reasonable luck, sometimes worshipped."

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Source: Speech to the Fabian Society in 1928. Dame Rebecca West Dies in London by Linda Charlton, archive.nytimes.com. March 16, 1983.

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Rebecca West

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Rebecca West was a British author and journalist known for her incisive critiques of society and her advocacy for women's rights, particularly in works like 'The Meaning of Treason.'

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