Family jokes, though rightly cursed by strangers, are the bond that keeps most families alive.

Family jokes, though rightly cursed by strangers, are the bond that keeps most families alive.

Where can a person be better than in the bosom of their family.

Where can a person be better than in the bosom of their family.

Why is it that men can be bastards and women must wear pearls and smile?

Why is it that men can be bastards and women must wear pearls and smile?

In matrimony, to hesitate is sometimes to be saved.

In matrimony, to hesitate is sometimes to be saved.

Krishna offered to the little girl
mouse.. the hand of the sungod
in marriage.. but instead she
chose
a little read more

Krishna offered to the little girl
mouse.. the hand of the sungod
in marriage.. but instead she
chose
a little boy mouse.

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 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.

Girls are like butterflies...pretty to look at, too hard to catch.

Girls are like butterflies...pretty to look at, too hard to catch.

I require three things in a man: He must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid.

I require three things in a man: He must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid.