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If Miss means respectably unmarried, and Mrs. respectably married, then Ms. means nudge, nudge, wink, wink.
If Miss means respectably unmarried, and Mrs. respectably married, then Ms. means nudge, nudge, wink, wink.
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.
If Rosa Parks had taken a poll before she sat down in the bus in Montgomery, she'd still be standing. read more
If Rosa Parks had taken a poll before she sat down in the bus in Montgomery, she'd still be standing. -Mary Frances Berry.
Given the cultural barriers to intersex conversation, the amazing thing is that we would even expect women and men to read more
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.
Every woman is wrong until she cries, and then she is right, instantly
Every woman is wrong until she cries, and then she is right, instantly
Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.
Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.
Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.
Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.
Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.
Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.
Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame read more
Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything.
