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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Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends up blocking his retreat.
Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends up blocking his retreat.
She'd have you spew up what you've drunk when you were out.
She'd have you spew up what you've drunk when you were out.
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Epperson's law: When a man says it's a silly, childish game, it's probably something his wife can beat him at.
An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
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Marital Freedom: The liberty that allows a husband to do exactly that which his wife pleases.
The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong.
The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong.
A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
Patience makes a woman beautiful in middle age.
Patience makes a woman beautiful in middle age.
