Quantum Leap1989

Diana St. Cloud:
In marriage, husbands and wives are one; and that one is the husband.

Suzanne Sanders:
Diana, I just don't understand. How did we let it get that way?

Diana St. Cloud:
Fear.

Suzanne Sanders:
Of what?

Diana St. Cloud:
Well, mine started with my father, who used to beat me.

Suzanne Sanders:
Really?

Diana St. Cloud:
And when he wasn't hitting me, he would tell me I was stupid, and brainless. And my mother allowed it, because she was so afraid she wouldn't be able to survive alone.

Suzanne Sanders:
I can't believe anyone would hit their own child.

Diana St. Cloud:
Well, I guess by putting me down, my father was making himself feel smarter and stronger.

Suzanne Sanders:
But that's wrong.

Diana St. Cloud:
I know. Suzi, men have been oppressing women for thousands of years, and we've allowed it.

Suzanne Sanders:
Well, I'm not gonna allow it.

Diana St. Cloud:
We allow it. And every time we tell our daughters they're not as bright, not as strong, not as good as men, every time, we're creating another generation of fear.