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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She'd have you spew up what you've drunk when you were out.
She'd have you spew up what you've drunk when you were out.
A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one who hopes they are.
A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one who hopes they are.
I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is; I only know that people call me read more
I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is; I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat. -Rebecca West.
Marital Freedom: The liberty that allows a husband to do exactly that which his wife pleases.
Marital Freedom: The liberty that allows a husband to do exactly that which his wife pleases.
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.
I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.
I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.
Marriage is a lottery, but you can't tear up your ticket if you lose.
Marriage is a lottery, but you can't tear up your ticket if you lose.
Ah Mozart! He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
Ah Mozart! He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
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.
