Given the cultural barriers to intersex conversation, the amazing thing is that we would even expect women and men to have anything to say to each other for more than ten minutes at a stretch. The barriers are ancient -- perhaps rooted, as some paleontologist may soon discover, in the contrast between the occasional guttural utterances exchanged in male hunting bands and the extended discussions characteristic of female food-gathering groups.
You May Also Like / View all maxioms
The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old read more
The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.
Men act and women appear. Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at.
Men act and women appear. Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at.
Only a few human beings should grow to the square mile; they are commonly planted too close.
Only a few human beings should grow to the square mile; they are commonly planted too close.
When a man gets up to speak, people listen, then look. When a woman gets up, people look; then, if read more
When a man gets up to speak, people listen, then look. When a woman gets up, people look; then, if they like what they see, they listen.
Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough.
Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough.
I guess the only way to stop divorce is to stop marriage.
I guess the only way to stop divorce is to stop marriage.
If all men are born free, why is it that all women are born slaves?
If all men are born free, why is it that all women are born slaves?
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.
There is always a chance that he who sets himself up as his brother's keeper will end up by being read more
There is always a chance that he who sets himself up as his brother's keeper will end up by being his jail-keeper.
