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We say that a girl with her doll anticipates the mother. It is more true, perhaps, that most mothers are read more
We say that a girl with her doll anticipates the mother. It is more true, perhaps, that most mothers are still but children with playthings.
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.
The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married.
The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married.
A woman in love can't be reasonable--or she probably wouldn't be in love.
A woman in love can't be reasonable--or she probably wouldn't be in love.
It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted His own son to die a bachelor regards celibacy read more
It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted His own son to die a bachelor regards celibacy as an actual sin.
The vote means nothing to women. We should be armed. -Edna O'Brien.
The vote means nothing to women. We should be armed. -Edna O'Brien.
Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.
Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.
Though bachelors be the strongest stakes, married men are the best binders, in the hedge of the commonwealth.
Though bachelors be the strongest stakes, married men are the best binders, in the hedge of the commonwealth.
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
