“Female friendships that work are relationships in which women help each other belong to themselves.”

“Female Chauvinist Pigs don't bother to question the criteria on which women are judged, they are too busy judging other women themselves”

“Good female friendships are the strongest relationships in the world.”

“Women see through each other, but they rarely look into themselves”

“Feminist psychologists have suggested that a toxic friendship is often one in which a women's own personal growth and individuation is sacrificed at the expense of the demands of the other person. Sometimes choosing oneself rather than the friendship is important for future personal growth and individuation. But women have a difficult time separating from each other because emotional connection is so highly valued and broken friendships are seen as failures.”

“Women's mutual understanding comes from the fact that they identify themselves with each other; but for the same reason each is against the others.”