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McLaughlin, Mignon -- The Second Neurotic’s Notebook (1966)

Men who don’t like girls with brains don’t like girls. Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and authorThe Second Neurotic’s Notebook (1966) Originally published in McLaughlin's "The...

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Housman, Laurence -- (Attributed)

If Nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternately, there would never be more than three in a family. Laurence Housman (1865-1959) English playwright, writer,...

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McLaughlin, Mignon -- The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 3 (1963)

Women are good listeners, but it’s a waste of time telling your troubles to a man unless there is something specific you want him to do. Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and authorThe...

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Holland, Barbara -- One’s Company: Reflections on Living Alone, ch. 1 (1992)

For ages past, women were defined only in relation to other people, and the definition lingers: a woman may be called a wife and mother for most of her life, while a man is called a husband and father...

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Gaiman, Neil -- Good Omens, “Wednesday” (1990) [with Terry Pratchett]

She’d stopped reading the kind of women’s magazine that talks about romance and knitting and started reading the kind of women’s magazine that talks about orgasms, but apart from making a mental note...

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Euripides -- Bacchæ [Βάκχαι], l. 217ff [Pentheus/Πενθεύς] (405 BC) [tr....

Stories of our women leaving home to frisk in mock ecstasies among the thickets on the mountain, dancing in honor of the latest divinity, a certain Dionysus, whoever he may be! In their midst stand...

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Wollstonecraft, Mary -- A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, ch. 3 (1792)

Taught from infancy that beauty is woman’s sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison. Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) English social...

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Euripides -- Bacchæ [Βάκχαι], l. 260ff [Pentheus/Πενθεύς] (405 BC) [tr....

When once you see the glint of wine shining at the feasts of women, then you may be sure the festival is rotten. [γυναιξὶ γὰρ ὅπου βότρυος ἐν δαιτὶ γίγνεται γάνος, οὐχ ὑγιὲς οὐδὲν ἔτι λέγω τῶν ὀργίων.]...

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Euripides -- Bacchæ [Βάκχαι], l. 485ff (405 BC) [tr. Arrowsmith (1960)]

PENTHEUS: Do you hold your rites during the day or night? DIONYSUS: Mostly by night. The darkness is well suited to devotion. PENTHEUS: Better suited to lechery and seducing women. DIONYSUS: You can...

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Mencken, H. L. -- A Little Book in C Major, ch. 1, § 17 (1916)

Women have very simple tastes. They can get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love. H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) American writer and journalist [Henry Lewis Mencken]A Little...

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Austen, Jane -- Emma, Vol. 1, ch. 8 [Emma] (1816)

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. A man always imagines a woman to be ready for any body who asks her. Jane Austen (1775-1817) English...

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Barbusse, Henri -- Light, ch. 23 (1919)

That society is badly arranged which forces nearly all women to be servants. Henri Barbusse (1873-1935) French novelist, poet, journalist, activistLight, ch. 23 (1919)

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McLaughlin, Mignon -- The Second Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 3 (1966)

Men are convinced that women have it easy, but they haven’t convinced many women. Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and authorThe Second Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 3 (1966)

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Euripides -- Auge [Αὐγῃ], frag. 276 (c. 408 BC) [tr. @sentantiq (2014)]

We are women: in some things, we hesitate. But in others, no one can surpass our courage. [γυναῖκές ἐσμεν: τὰ μὲν ὄκνῳ νικώμεθα, τὰ δ᾽ οὐκ ἂν ἡμῶν θράσος ὑπερβάλοιτό τις.] Euripides (485?-406? BC)...

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Dante Alighieri -- The Divine Comedy [Divina Commedia], Book 2 “Purgatorio,”...

O my dear brother, what is there to say? In vision I already see a time — and it is not far distant from this day — in which the pulpit shall denounce by writ the shameless jades that Florentines call...

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