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.
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He knows little, who will tell his wife all he knows.
He knows little, who will tell his wife all he knows.
The way to fight a woman is with your hat. Grab it and run.
The way to fight a woman is with your hat. Grab it and run.
Women are most fascinating between the ages of thirty-five and forty, after they have won a few races and know read more
Women are most fascinating between the ages of thirty-five and forty, after they have won a few races and know how to pace themselves. Since few women ever pass forty, maximum fascination can continue indefinitely.
Ne'er take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.
Ne'er take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.
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 best way to hold a man is in your arms.
The best way to hold a man is in your arms.
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The most happy marriage I can imagine to myself would be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman.
By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.
By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.
The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of American women alive.
The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of American women alive.
