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Other things may change us, but we start and end with family.
Other things may change us, but we start and end with family.
The awe and dread with which the untutored savage contemplates his mother-in-law are amongst the most familiar facts of anthropology.
The awe and dread with which the untutored savage contemplates his mother-in-law are amongst the most familiar facts of anthropology.
Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So each is inevitably disappointed.
Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So each is inevitably disappointed.
Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try to give their best qualities to men -- read more
Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try to give their best qualities to men -- bring them softness, teach them how to cry. -Joan Baez.
For a male and female to live continuously together is...biologically speaking, an extremely unnatural condition.
For a male and female to live continuously together is...biologically speaking, an extremely unnatural condition.
Some men are born with cold feet; some acquire cold feet; and some have cold feet thrust upon them.
Some men are born with cold feet; some acquire cold feet; and some have cold feet thrust upon them.
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.
Parents: persons who spend half their time worrying how a child will turn out, and the rest of the time read more
Parents: persons who spend half their time worrying how a child will turn out, and the rest of the time wondering when a child will turn in.
The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else he can blame it on.
The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else he can blame it on.