“Politics is traditionally a male domain in Russia. Until now, women have only been accessories. Now, female protest groups are emerging - not because men came up with the idea, but through their own efforts. That's something new for Russia.” MenIdeasEffortGroupsFemaleMalesRussiaProtestSomething NewDomainEmergingAccessories Author:Alexei Navalny
“I describe in 'Chimpanzee Politics' how the alpha male needs broad support to reach the top spot. He needs some close allies and he needs many group members to be on his side.” NeedsSidesSupportGroupsMembersMalesSpotsBroadsAlliesAlpha MaleChimpanzeesAlphas Author:Frans de Waal
“There'd been studies over the years supporting the proposition that groups composed exclusively of women usually made intelligent decisions, that exclusively male groups did a bit less well, and that mixed groups did most poorly of all, by a substantial margin. It appeared that, when women were present, testosterone got the upper hand and men took greater risks than they might otherwise. Correspondingly, women in the mixed group tended to revert to roles, becoming more passive, and going along with whatever misjudgment the males might perpetrate.” MenYearsWellsMadeHandsMightBitsDecisionRolesStudyGreaterRiskGroupsBecomingIntelligentMalesPassivePropositionsMarginsBecoming MoreTestosteroneUpper Hand Book:Chindi Source: Chindi
“[On gay men:] Let me say, a more artistic, appreciative group of people for the arts does not exist ... They are more knowledgeable, more loving of the arts. They make the average male look stupid.” PeopleMenLooksDoeArtGroupsStupidGayLet MeMalesAverageArtisticKnowledgeableGay MenAppreciative Author:Bette Davis
“We're smart enough to know we need to live in groups to survive, but we're still animals and we needs lots of room. In the case of the male of the species we also probably need that-guy-over-there's space. And his wife and cow, too.” KnowsMenNeedsStillsEnoughGuySpaceAnimalRoomsCasesWifeGroupsSmartSpeciesMalesCowsThat Guy Author:Julia Phillips
“Now you ask a group of young women on the college campus, 'How many of you are feminists?' Very few will raise their hands because young women don't want to be associated with it anymore because they know it means male-bashing, it means being a victim, and it means being bitter and angry.” KnowsWantMeanHandsYoungAsksGroupsCollegeRaisesVictimAngryMalesFeministBitterYoung WomenCampusCollege Campus Author:Christina Hoff Sommers
“It seems to me that obliviousness about white advantage, like obliviousness about male advantage, is kept strongly inculturated in the United States so as to maintain the myth of meritocracy, the myth that democratic choice is equally available to all. Keeping most people unaware that freedom of confident action is there for just a small number of people props up those in power and serves to keep power in the hands of the same groups that have most of it already.” PeopleStatesHandsSeemsActionChoicesWhiteUnitedNumbersUnited StatesGroupsRacismAdvantageDemocraticMalesAvailableMythPropsWhite PrivilegeSmall NumbersMeritocracy Author:Peggy McIntosh
“Friday is my night for letting my hair down, and once a month a group of my old male friends will come down and stay at our house in Hampshire.” NightHouseGroupsHairMonthsDown AndMalesFridayHampshire Author:Rupert Penry-Jones
“Perhaps the most mysterious of all mammals is the male Homo sapiens. Indeed, many anthropologists classify the group as a subspecies.” GroupsMalesMysteriousHomo SapiensMammalsAnthropologists Author:Patricia Marx
“Women are a key part of the sound of the groups that accompany male singers like Kirk Franklin, Israel Houghton, and myself.” SoundGroupsKeysMalesIsraelSingersFranklinAccompanyKirk Author:Fred Hammond
“There was a male sketch group in my college. I was like why isn't there a female sketch group? So then I started doing sketch comedy and all that stuff. It just happened.” StuffComedyHappenedGroupsCollegeFemaleMalesSketch Comedy Author:Missi Pyle
“I came to the realization that a strong female is frightening to everybody, because all societies are male-dominated, black societies, poor people, rich people, any racial group, they're all dominated by men. A strong female is going to threaten everybody across the board...” PeopleMenStrongBlackPoorRichGroupsFemaleMalesRealizationBoardsFrighteningPoor PeopleRich PeopleStrong Female Author:Madonna Ciccone
“We can no longer expect an Intelligence Community that is mostly male and mostly white to be able to monitor and infiltrate suspicious organizations or terrorist groups.” AbleCommunityWhiteGroupsOrganizationMalesTerroristSuspiciousIntelligence CommunityTerrorist Groups Author:Jane Harman
“Like all dominant groups, men seek to promote an image of their subordinate's nature that contributes to the preservation of the status quo. For thousands of years, males have seen women not as women could be, but only as males want them to be.” MenWantYearsGroupsMalesDominantPreservationStatus QuoSubordinates Author:Marvin Harris