“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
“It is a fact capable of amiable interpretation that ladies are not the worst disposed towards a new acquaintance of their own sex, because she has points of inferiority.” FactsSexWorstCapableInterpretationAcquaintanceInferiorityRivalryAmiableNew Acquaintances Book:The Mill on the Floss Source: The Mill on the Floss
“Our sex need not primarily define who we are, what we are capable of, or what we can be expected to enjoy or engage in.” NeedsSexEnjoyCapableExpectedWho We Are Author:Tara Moss
“A good man will extend his munificence to the industrious poor of all persuasions reduced by age, infirmity, or accident; to thosewho labour under incurable maladies; and to the youth of either sex, who are capable of beginning the world with advantage, but have not the means.” MenWorldMeanAgeSexPoorYouthGoodnessCapableAdvantageCharityAccidentsLabourGood ManPersuasionInfirmityIndustriousMalady Author:Samuel Richardson
“There was danger at times that women might not be judged by the highest standards, but more leniently because of their sex. "She is a remarkably good chemist--for a woman," you might hear a man say. It seemed to me essential, if the ablest young women scholars were to achieve the best work of which they were capable, that they should be held to the most rigorous standards. ...To advance, a woman must do at least as good work as her male colleagues, usually better.” IfsMenShouldMightYoungSexAchieveDangerEssentialsHighestCapableStandardsMalesSexismJudgedScholarGood WorkYoung WomenColleaguesAdvancementBest WorkChemist Author:Virginia Gildersleeve
“If I quake, what matters it what I quake at? Our proper vice takes form in one or another shape, according to the sex, age, or temperament of the person, and, if we are capable of fear, will readily find terrors.” IfsPersonsMatterAgeFormSexFearShapesCapableTerrorVicesWhat MattersTemperamentQuake Book:Essays, lectures and orations Source: Essays, lectures and orations
“I always say about that movie [ Brokeback mountain], which I think maybe over time is more understood, is that this is about two people desperately looking for love. To be loved. And who were probably capable of it. And they just found it with someone of the same sex.that does not dismiss the fact that it is about, really, primarily, the first kind of very profound gay love story. Hopefully it can create an equality of an idea: that is, it's possible that you can find love anywhere.” PeopleThinkingFirstsKindDoeTwoIdeasFactsStoriesFoundSexGayMountainCapableUnderstoodProfoundLove StoryHopefullyFinding LoveLooking For LoveBrokeback MountainGay Love Author:Jake Gyllenhaal