“Nature has ordained that the man who is pleading his own cause before a large audience, will be more readily listened to than he who has no object in view other than the public benefit.” MenCausesViewsAudienceObjectsHe ManBenefitsPleading Author:Livy
“Women watched for the spectacular performances of the men, and there can be no reasonable doubt that the presence of an audience is a very important factor in shaping the men's behavior. In fact, it is probable that the men are more exhibitionistic because the women admire their performances. Conversely, there can be no doubt that the spectacular behavior is a stimulus which summons the audience together, promoting in the women the appropriate behavior.” MenImportantFactsTogetherAudienceDoubtHe ManBehaviorPerformancesAdmireFactorsNo DoubtReasonableAppropriatePromotingSpectacularStimulusReasonable DoubtAppropriate Behavior Author:Gregory Bateson
“just as violence is the last refuge of the inarticulate, so it is also the first resort of the incompetent, the easy out for the man who is capable of expressing himself only in the most primitive and vulgar of dramatic terms. He leaves us with only the obscenity of violence per se - and the pornographer thereof will always be with us, in film as in any other medium. And so will his audience.” MenFirstsLastsFilmEasyTermAudienceViolenceHe ManCapableMediumsDramaticPrimitiveRefugeVulgarResortsIncompetentObscenityInarticulate Book:The private eye, the cowboy, and the very naked girl: movies from Cleo to Clyde Source: The private eye, the cowboy, and the very naked girl: movies from Cleo to Clyde
“Three-dimensional, complex women get an audience engaged as much as the men. I’m a feminist in the true sense of the word. It’s about equality.” MenThreeAudienceHe ManComplexesFeministEngaged Author:Natalie Dormer
“The language of the Veda itself is sruti, a rhythm not composed by the intellect but heard, a divine Word that same vibrating out of the Infinite to the inner audience of the man who had previously made himself fit fot the impersonal knowledge.” MenMadeLanguageAudienceHeardDivineHe ManFitInfiniteIntellectRhythmVedas Author:Sri Aurobindo