“Raising a daughter is an extremely political act in this culture. Mothers have been placed in a no-win situation with their daught ers: if they teach their daughters simply how to get along in a world that has been shaped by men and male desires, then they betray their daughters' potential But, if they do not, they leave their daughters adrift in a hostile world without survival strategies.” IfsMenWorldHas BeensPoliticalMotherDesireCultureWinningSituationTeachSurvivalDaughterStrategyMalesBetrayHostileMother DaughterAdrift Author:Elizabeth Debold
“Both men and women are conceived as merely capable of response to a situation that their society has already defined for them as sexual, and so the Arapesh feel that it is necessary to chaperon betrothed couples who are too young... with their definition of sex as a response to an external situation rather than as spontaneous desire, both men and women are regarded as helpless in the face of seduction. Parents warn their sons even more than they warn their daughters against permitting themselves to get into situations in which someone can make love to them.” MenFeelsFacesYoungDesireSexParentSituationSonCoupleCapableDaughterMen And WomenResponseDefinitionsDefinedHelplessMaking LoveSpontaneousSeduction Author:Margaret Mead
“Then to deliver the message to the audience is our mission. I tried to imagine, if they killed my family, daughters, I would do anything to protect my family. It's insane but that's the situation everybody was in.” IfsSituationAudienceImagineProtectMessagesDaughterMy FamilyMissionsInsaneProtect My Family Author:Miyavi
“Listening to learn isn't about giving advice--at least not until asked--but about trying to understand exactly what someone means,how it is that someone looks at and feels about her particular situation.... Listening to learn from a daughter in adolescence, conspiring with her thoughts and feelings, keeps a mother in touch with a daughter's growing and changing self.” GivingFeelsTryingLooksMeanSelfFeelingsMotherSituationGrowingAdviceParticularListeningDaughterAdolescenceThoughts And FeelingsGiving AdviceConspiring Author:Elizabeth Debold
“I've raised daughters who are English, and I'm American, so they're culturally different to me, which is an unusual situation.” DifferentSituationDaughterRaisedUnusual Author:Elizabeth McGovern
“I have been lucky and have a tight relationship with my daughter even if I don't see her as much as I did before but it got me thinking about all different women's situations - and what there wouldn't be without us.” IfsThinkingHas BeensDifferentSituationLuckyDaughterMy Daughter Author:Lisa Maffia
“Whatever backlash I was going to get, whatever consequence there was for stating my opinion, I was OK with. Because I look at my son's eyes, I look at the eyes of my daughter, and I would be a bad dad if my No. 1 goal wasn't always to put them in the best situation as possible.” IfsLooksWould BeEyeGoalSituationOpinionSonDadDaughterConsequenceMy DaughterMy SonBacklash Author:Andrew Hawkins
“Persons who have cleansed themselves of any transgression and who have shown their ability to deal with homosexual inclinations and put them in the background, and feel a great attraction for a daughter of God and therefore desire to enter marriage and have children and enjoy the blessings of eternity - that's a situation when marriage would be appropriate.” FeelsChildrenPersonsWould BeDesireEnjoyAbilityDealsSituationBlessingDaughterEternityAttractionBackgroundsAppropriateHomosexualInclinationTransgressionDaughter Of God Author:Dallin H. Oaks
“I'm so lucky to be in a situation that I can always have my daughter with me.” I CanMotherSituationLuckyDaughterMy DaughterSo Lucky Author:Izabella Scorupco