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They talk about a woman's sphere, as though it had a limit. There's not a place in earth or heaven. read more
They talk about a woman's sphere, as though it had a limit. There's not a place in earth or heaven. There's not a task to mankind given... without a woman in it.
The woman's vision is deep reaching, the man's far reaching. With the man the world is his heart, with the read more
The woman's vision is deep reaching, the man's far reaching. With the man the world is his heart, with the woman the heart is her world.
The society of women is the element of good manners.
The society of women is the element of good manners.
In this society, the norm of masculinity is phallic aggression. Male sexuality is, by definition, intensely and rigidly phallic. A read more
In this society, the norm of masculinity is phallic aggression. Male sexuality is, by definition, intensely and rigidly phallic. A man's identity is located in his conception of himself as the possessor of a phallus; a man's worth is located in his pride in phallic identity. The main characteristic of phallic identity is that worth is entirely contingent on the possession of a phallus. Since men have no other criteria for worth, no other notion of identity, those who do not have phalluses are not recognized as fully human.
The most happy marriage I can imagine to myself would be the union of a deaf man to a blind read more
The most happy marriage I can imagine to myself would be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman.
Man is not the enemy here, but the fellow victim.
Man is not the enemy here, but the fellow victim.
A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one who hopes they are.
A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one who hopes they are.
When a bachelor of philosophy from the Antilles refuses to apply for certification as a teacher on the grounds of read more
When a bachelor of philosophy from the Antilles refuses to apply for certification as a teacher on the grounds of his color I say that philosophy has never saved anyone. When someone else strives and strains to prove to me that black men are as intelligent as white men I say that intelligence has never saved anyone: and that is true, for, if philosophy and intelligence are invoked to proclaim the equality of men, they have also been employed to justify the extermination of men.
Every mother generally hopes that her daughter will snag a better husband than she managed to do...but she's certain that read more
Every mother generally hopes that her daughter will snag a better husband than she managed to do...but she's certain that her boy will never get as great a wife as his father did.
