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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If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.
If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.
Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She read more
Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She doesn't have what it takes." They will say, "Women don't have what it takes. -Clare Boothe Luce.
Woman was God's second mistake.
Woman was God's second mistake.
A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete read more
A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete animal. He resembles the odd half of a pair of scissors.
The family is the school of duties... founded on love.
The family is the school of duties... founded on love.
The society of women is the element of good manners.
The society of women is the element of good manners.
The woman is the home. That's where she used to be, and that's where she still is. You might ask read more
The woman is the home. That's where she used to be, and that's where she still is. You might ask me, What if a man tries to be part of the home -- will the woman let him? I answer yes. Because then he becomes one of the children.
Such a wife as I want... must be young, handsome I lay most stress upon a good shape, sensible a read more
Such a wife as I want... must be young, handsome I lay most stress upon a good shape, sensible a little learning will do, well-bread, chaste, and tender. As to religion, a moderate stock will satisfy me. She must believe in God and hate a saint.
Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations ... can never effect a reform. -Susan B. Anthony.
Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations ... can never effect a reform. -Susan B. Anthony.
