“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
“There needs to be bolder thinking, ... on how to measure the quality of life of men and women in the work force. Currently, success is measured by material advancements. We need to readjust the definition of success to account for time outside of work and satisfaction of life, not just the dollars-and-cents bottom line.” ThinkingMenNeedsForceLinesQualityMaterialsMen And WomenAccountsDollarsBottomDefinitionsSatisfactionCentsBottom LineAdvancementQuality Of LifeDefinition Of SuccessSuccess Is MeasuredSuccess Is Measured By Author:Betty Friedan
“The difference between men and women is inalienable. It is not a political fact, subject to cultural definition and redefinition, but a physical verity. We do truthfully experience our lives differently because our bodies are different. It is in what we do with our experience that we are the same. We feel, absorb and examine with the same intensity, and intense experience honestly examined informs the art of both sexes equally. ... The power of imagination illuminates all human lives in common.” MenFeelsHumansArtDifferentFactsBodyPoliticalSexImaginationDifferencesCommonOur LivesSubjectsMen And WomenDefinitionsHonestlyIntenseHuman LifeIntensityPower Of ImaginationDifferences Between Man And Woman Author:Anne Truitt
“If we could all give our own definitions of God, there would be as many definitions as there are men and women.” IfsMenGivingGodWould BeMen And WomenDefinitions Book:The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas Source: The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas
“The idea of equality is still how I define feminism. I think it's a broad definition that encompasses the variety of experiences women and men have with the word and the movement.” ThinkingMenStillsIdeasFeminismMovementMen And WomenDefinitionsVarietyBroads Author:Julie Zeilinger
“You can never have 'equality' between two things that are not equal by definition. And so, for example, you can have equality among 'people', but not between 'men' and 'women'.” PeopleMenTwoExampleEqualMen And WomenDefinitionsTwo Things Author:Anthony Browne
“My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.” MenCharacterPurposeMotivationLeadershipMy OwnCommonLeaderVisionInspireMen And WomenCapacityDefinitionsGreat LeaderBeing A LeaderInspiring LeaderLeadership By Famous LeadersBest LeaderDefinition Of LeadershipCommon PurposeMilitary Leadership Author:Bernard Law Montgomery
“I think it's very important that we protect marriage as an institution between a man and a woman. I proposed a constitutional amendment. The reason I did so was because I was worried that activist judges are actually defining the definition of marriage. And the surest way to protect marriage between a man and woman is to amend the Constitution.” ThinkingMenWayImportantReasonFaithJudgingProtectMen And WomenConstitutionInstitutionsDefinitionsWorriedActivistAmendmentsDefiningConstitutional Amendments Author:George W. Bush
“For the record, feminism by definition is: 'The belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. It is the theory of the political, economic and social equality of the sexes.'” MenShouldPoliticalOpportunityBeliefSocialSexRecordsRightsFeminismEconomicTheoryEqualMen And WomenShould HaveDefinitionsFeministEqual RightsWatsonSocial Equality Author:Emma Watson
“Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women to narrow the gap between the convenience of the powers that be and the unwritten charter.” MenWould BeEffortPowerProgressMen And WomenDefinitionsGapsContinuingConvenienceCharterUnwrittenEnemy Of Progress Author:Nadine Gordimer