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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 society of women is the element of good manners.
The society of women is the element of good manners.
A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.
A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.
Marriage is bliss. Ignorance is bliss. Ergo...
Marriage is bliss. Ignorance is bliss. Ergo...
You know, fathers just have a way of putting everything together.
You know, fathers just have a way of putting everything together.
A man who marries a woman to educate her falls a victim to the same fallacy as the woman who read more
A man who marries a woman to educate her falls a victim to the same fallacy as the woman who marries a man to reform him.
The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married.
The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married.
Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at read more
Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at the end of your first season you will have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact
Ceremony and ritual spring from our heart of hearts: those who govern us know it well, for they would sooner read more
Ceremony and ritual spring from our heart of hearts: those who govern us know it well, for they would sooner deny us bread than dare alter the observance of tradition.
