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- The foundation rested on our critique of what we then called "the enemy within", referring to our internalized sexism. We all knew firsthand that we had been socialized as females by patriarchal thinking to see ourselves as inferior to men, to see ourselves as always and only in competition with one another for patriarchal approval, to look upon each other with jealousy, fear, and hatred.
- Sexist thinking made us judge each other without compassion and punish one another harshly.
- Feminist thinking helped us unlearn female self-hatred. It enabled us to break free to the hold patriarchal thinking had on our consciousness.
- Male bonding was an accepted and affirmed aspect of patriarchal culture.
  - It was simply assumed that men in groups would stick together, support one another, be team players, place the good of the group over individual gain and recognition.
- Female bonding was not possible within patriarchy.
  - We did not bond against men, we bonded to protect our interests as women.
- First and foremost feminist movement urged females to no longer see ourselves and our bodies as the property of men.
  - To demand control of our sexuality, effective birth control and reproductive rights, an end to rape and sexual harassment, we needed to stand in solidarity.
- Political solidarity between females expressed in sisterhood goes beyond positive recognition of the experience of women and even share sympathy for common suffering.
  - Feminist sisterhood is rooted in shared commitment to struggle against patriarchal injustice, no matter the form that injustice takes.
  - Significantly, sisterhood could never have been possible across the boundaries of race and class if individual women had not been willing to divest of their power to dominate and exploit subordinated groups of women.
- When women of color critiqued the racism within the society as a whole and called attention to the ways that racism had shaped and informed feminist theory and practice, many white women simply turned their backs on the vision of sisterhood, closing their minds and their hearts. And that was equally true when it came to the issue of classism among women.
- Sadly, as opportunism within feminism intensified, as feminist gains became commonplace and were therefore taken for granted, many women did not want to work hard to create and sustain solidarity.
- The vision of sisterhood that had been the rallying cry of the movement seemed to many women to no longer matter.
- Since masses of young females know little about feminism and many falsely assume that sexism is no longer the problem, feminist education for critical consciousness must be continuous.
  - Overall women in our society are forgetting the value and power of sisterhood.