Quotations
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At that point that we started realizing that, you know, the Vatican allies were, you know, putting pressure on bishops at home that were putting pressure on delegates. I mean, it was real, you know, it was quite hostile. And I think that's when Joan was also very important, because she was not at all intimidated by that kind of male hostility, right. And I say male hostility because it was like we were, you know, we weren’t in some kind of feminist intellectual conference now. We were now in the well of the United Nations, and this was hardcore.
—Jacqueline Pitanguy
