“Like many women, she would always find it easier to feel for a male (except, of course, her husband, against whom she bore innumerable, lifelong, deadly grudges) than for any female.” MenWomenMisogynyGrudgesGender Relations Book:The Vulnerables Source: The Vulnerables
“And I can't say how many stories I now see that deal seriously with the question of how we'd all be better off in a world without men.” MenStoriesWomenPrejudiceGender Relationships Book:The Vulnerables Source: The Vulnerables
“Rose, who teaches college, said, I had a student who wrote in a paper that she'd have a different attitude toward mortality if she'd been born male, because then, quote, I would've always gotten what I wanted in life. When I pointed out that this wasn't true, that it was not just hyperbolic but completely false, she doubled down. But men have all the power, she kept saying.” MenWomenPowerGender Relations Book:The Vulnerables Source: The Vulnerables
“What does it mean, said Rose, our stubborn Rose, to say that the world would be better off without men? Women are less violent, but what about all the other wicked traits, like racism and greed and malignant narcissism? There'd still be plenty of that. Oh, I don't know, said Camellia. Just to have less violence--less warmongering, less bloodshed, less crime--wouldn't that be grand?” MenWarWomenViolenceCrimeRacismGenderNarcissismGender RelationsGender Traits Book:The Vulnerables Source: The Vulnerables
“A world without men would hardly be a utopia. There'd still be some kind of hierarchy, that's inevitable. There'd still be one group trying to dominate everyone else, because that's human nature. There'd still be plenty of abused children. On the other hand, I can't quite picture Orwell's "boot stamping on a human face forever" on a female foot.” MenWomenGenderDominationHierarchyGeorge Orwell Book:The Vulnerables Source: The Vulnerables