“Yes. The original argument is defective. Substitute the word 'male' for 'gay,' and you'll see the flaw: 'Male people cannot be normal. If everyone were male starting tomorrow, the human race would die out, so being male cannot be nature's intended way.' Or you could substitute the word 'female.' In either case, the argument makes no sense: Being male or female is perfectly normal.” PeopleIfsWayHumansDiesRaceCasesTomorrowGayNormalFemaleArgumentOriginalsMalesStartingHuman RaceFlawsSubstitutesDefectivePerfectly Normal Author:Marilyn vos Savant
“Hmm, can I be obvious and say there is probably a double standard for male vs. female directors? Sadly, I think that's actually the case. And it probably stems from the fact that there are proportionately so many fewer women directors than men ones that each project is perhaps more closely scrutinized for its content.” ThinkingMenFactsCasesDirectorsProjectsStandardsFemaleMalesObviousFewerStemDouble StandardHmm Author:Lynn Shelton
“People have this idea that nature dictates a sort of 1950s sitcom version of what males and females are like. That is just not the case in the insect world.” PeopleWorldIdeasCasesFemaleMalesVersionsInsectsSitcom Author:Marlene Zuk
“The techniques are all means of dealing with one simple idea: She wrote it. (That is, the "wrong" person--in this case, female--has created the "right" value--i.e., art.) Denial of Agency: She didn't write it. Pollution of Agency: She shouldn't have written it. Double Standard of Content: Yes, but look what she wrote about. False Categorizing: She is not really she [an artist] and it is not really it [serious, of the right genre, aesthetically sound, important, etc.] so how could "she" have written "it"? Or simply: Neither "she" nor "it" exists (simple exclusion).” WritingLooksMeanPersonsArtImportantIdeasArtistValuesSoundSimpleCasesWrittenSeriousStandardsFemaleCriticismTechniqueDenialGenreAgencyEtcSexismPollutionExclusionDouble StandardLiterary CriticismWrong PersonSimple IdeasCategorizing Book:How to Suppress Women's Writing Source: How to Suppress Women's Writing
“I know and know of more than a few MTF's (male-to-female trannies) who've developed strange cancers. Myself, I've got a nice little case of Chronic Lymphocitic Leukemia (CLL).” KnowsLittlesCasesNiceStrangeFemaleMalesCancerLeukemia Author:Kate Bornstein
“Tis pleasing to be school'd in a strange tongue By female lips and eyes--that is, I mean, When both the teacher and the taught are young, As was the case, at least, where I have been; They smile so when one's right; and when one's wrong They smile still more.” MeanHas BeensStillsEyeSchoolYoungCasesTeacherTeachingTaughtStrangeFemaleLipsTongue Author:Lord Byron
“We, as humans, have actually developed a sense of social responsibility. We have gone beyond our basic instincts. We can and we do. This is what sets us apart from the chimps. They are extremely brutal and hostile. Your next door neighbor is to be killed unless she is a juicy young female, who hasn't yet had her first baby, in which case you want her.” WantFirstsHumansYoungNextSocialResponsibilityCasesGoneDoorsBabyFemaleInstinctNeighborBrutalSocial ResponsibilityHostileJuicyNext Door NeighborsFirst Baby Author:Jane Goodall
“It's to a writer's advantage to contain within himself elements of each sex, or any sex. It's to his advantage because it makes him able to write from the female point of view as well as the male. In some cases, of course, you will find some homosexual writers who can only write from a f - - -'s point of view. But I don't regard myself as a f - - -! Some people may. Also audiences wanted escapism. They don't like too much protest or criticism of their way of life.” PeopleWayWritingWellsMayAbleWantedCoursesSexViewsCasesAudienceToo MuchElementsAdvantageFemaleCriticismRegardMalesPoint Of ViewProtestHomosexualEscapism Author:Tennessee Williams
“All aspects of photography interest me and I feel for the female body the same curiosity and the same love as for a landscape, a face or anything else which interests me. In any case, the nude is a form of landscape. There are no reasons for my photographs, nor any rules; all depends on the mood of the moment, on the mood of the model.” FeelsReasonMomentsBodyFacesFormInterestCasesDependsPhotographyModelsFemaleAspectCuriosityPhotographMoodLandscapeNo ReasonFemale BodySame Love Author:Jeanloup Sieff
“I've dated some very enthusiastic, attractive people and some very unenthusiastic, less attractive people. I see no correlation. But female friends of mine who have dated male public figures have found that is the case. They say male models are terrible in bed, because they feel like just showing up is all the effort they need to make.” PeopleNeedsFeelsFoundEffortCasesFiguresMinesTerribleBedModelsFemaleMalesAttractiveEnthusiasticShowing UpCorrelationPublic FiguresFemale Friends Author:Moby
“I began to think about the extent to which nude and semi-nude female bodies are commonplace in our present day culture and how young girls might be affected. I wondered if, at some point, this bombardment of images could possibly get boring and that concealing - rather than revealing - would awaken sexual desire. I don't think that will ever be the case, of course, but I was intrigued to write a poem in which dressing was just as erotic as undressing.” IfsThinkingWritingBodyMightYoungDesireCultureGirlCoursesCasesFemaleBoringAffectedDressingsEroticRevealingCommonplaceIntriguedPresent DayConcealingFemale BodySexual DesireUndressing Author:Denise Duhamel
“If you have an overwhelming majority of one sex over the other, and clearly in our case at the moment - and it has been like this for a long time - it is male over female, you tend to have group thinking. You tend to have common references, combined with competition, combined in this case with testosterone. I'm not suggesting it's a toxic mix, but I'm saying it needs to be tempered and altered and modified and made better by diversity.” IfsThinkingNeedsLongHas BeensMadeMomentsSexCommonCasesGroupsDiversityLong TimeFemaleMajorityCompetitionMalesOverwhelmingToxicAlteredSuggestingTestosterone Author:Christine Lagarde
“"First female president." That's it, and that's nowhere near, by the way, as powerful or penetrating as the first African-American president. I mean, women, yeah, I mean, make the case that they've been victimized. But they can't put themselves in the same shoes as slavery's legacy for example. Now, women might try to make the case. Hillary [Clinton] might try to make the case about not being ought to be able to vote, but it ain't gonna fly.” WayTryingFirstsMeanMightAblePresidentPowerfulCasesExampleOughtFemaleVoteYeahSlaveryClintonShoesAfrican AmericanLegacyAmerican PresidentFemale President Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Yes...and I'm worried that if you get into the habit of making out with your instructors, you'll wind up making out with him too." "Don't be sexist. They could find me a female instructor." "In that case, you have my permission to make out with her as long as I can watch.” IfsLongI CanWatchesCasesWindHabitFemaleWorriedPermissionJaceFind MeSexistMake OutInstructorsFallen AngelsCity Of Fallen AngelsClary And Jace Author:Cassandra Clare
“You can drive.” When he raised an eyebrow, she said, "I've had enough contact with human males to realize you seem to have a congenital inability to function while a female is at the wheel, and I'd rather your full attention be on the case.” HumansSaidEnoughSeemsRealizingAttentionCasesCarFemaleFunctionRaisedMalesContactWheelsInabilityEyebrowsHad Enough Book:Nalini Singh: The Psy-Changeling Series Source: Nalini Singh: The Psy-Changeling Series