“Testosterone is a sex hormone, and I think it is the most social of hormones. The major social effect of testosterone is to orient us toward issues of sex and power. By the end of puberty testosterone levels in males are 8 to 10 times higher than in females, but decrease with age.” ThinkingEndsAgeSocialSexLevelsIssuesEffectsHigherMajorsFemaleMalesDecreaseHormonesPubertyTestosterone Author:James McBride
“Indeed the worthy housewife was of such a capricious nature, that she not only attained a higher pitch of genius than Macbeth, in respect of her ability to be wise, amazed, temperate and furious, loyal and neutral in an instant, but would sometimes ring the changes backwards and forwards on all possible moods and flights in one short quarter of an hour; performing, as it were, a kind of triple bob major on the peal of instruments in the female belfry, with a skilfulness and rapidity of execution that astonished all who heard her.” KindSometimesCharacterHoursAbilityInterestingWiseHeardGeniusHigherMajorsFemaleInstrumentsWorthyRingsMoodFlightPerformingInstantQuartersLoyalBobExecutionAmazedBackwardsBeing WiseHousewifeFuriousInteresting CharactersCapricious Author:Charles Dickens
“Three factors--the belief that child care is female work, the failure of ex-husbands to support their children, and higher male wages at work--have taken the economic rug from under that half of married women who divorce.” ChildrenCareThreeBeliefHalfSupportTakenEconomicHigherHusbandMarriedFemaleMalesDivorceFactorsWagesExesMarried WomenChild CareEx Husband Author:Arlie Russell Hochschild
“The sad thing about our society is that women are put in one of two categories. You're either in the beautiful category and you're seen as sexy and beautiful, or some version of that, or you're put into another category... The latter category affords women the opportunity to be smart, funny, independent, mean, strong, intelligent and opinionated. We take them seriously as politicians, if they fit into that latter category. We respect their opinions more and give them higher expectations. That latter category is what allows female actors to be characters.” IfsGivingMeanTwoCharacterBeautifulActorsOpportunityStrongOpinionHigherPoliticianFitSmartExpectationsFemaleIntelligentIndependentSexyVersionsLatterOur SocietyCategoriesBeing SmartOpinionatedSad Things Author:Amber Heard
“Gabriel is a unique archangel in the sense that it is almost certain that she is the only female in the higher echelons.” CertainHigherUniqueFemaleGabrielArchangel Book:Angels A to Z Source: Angels A to Z
“I myself have participated in girl-on-girl shows for men that would ask for it, of which were very, very many. It is a popular request, especially at bachelor parties. It also paid a much higher dividend. Also when I worked the escort services, certain male/female clients would call and ask for a male/male team and the escort services that I worked for provided this specific request.” MenShowsCertainGirlAsksPartyTeamHigherFemalePaidMalesClientsRequestBachelorsDividendsMale FemaleBachelor Party Author:Annie Lobert
“Even in our own agriculture strategy, if we got a great new drought-resistant seed and we managed to get it distributed in the system, we just assumed that it would reach female farmers. That's a false assumption, because women don't interact with agro-dealers. So if you don't develop specific programming to ensure that seed gets in a woman's hands, then the extra income [generated by higher-yielding crops] goes into her husband's hands.” IfsHandsHigherHusbandFemaleStrategySeedsIncomeExtrasAssumptionProgrammingFarmersAgricultureCropsDealerDroughtFalse Assumptions Author:Melinda Gates
“You can take a look at the enrollment at major institutions of higher learning. It's 65% female, 35% male. One of the reasons is, men don't want to go there anymore.But this is a manifestation... Remember our old buddy James Brown addressing men, said that it's time to shape up or ship out. He said we have got to stop this business of making fun of men who "throw like girls."” MenWantLooksSaidReasonRememberGirlFunHigherShapesMajorsFemaleInstitutionsMalesShipsManifestationBrownBuddyHigher LearningEnrollment Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If you're talking about intellectual and social equality for women, we're not much better off.America is still very much a male-dominated society. Most American men feel threatened sexually unless they're taller than the female, more intellectual, better educated, better paid and higher placed statuswise in the business world. They've got to be the authority, the final word.” IfsMenWorldFeelsStillsAmericaSocialTalkingHigherAuthorityIntellectualFemalePaidMalesFinalsEducatedThreatenedBetter OffSexuallyBusiness WorldWomen EqualityFinal WordsSocial Equality Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair