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Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly.

Well, knowledge is a fine thing, , mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.

This has always been a man’s world, and none of the reasons that have been offered in explanation have seemed adequate.

If there were genders to genres, fiction would be unquestionably feminine.

There’s nothing masculine about being competitive. There’s nothing masculine about trying to be the best at everything you do, nor is there anything wrong with it. I don’t know why a female athlete has to defend her femininity just because she chooses to play sports.

Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female – whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male.

Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man.

I don’t hate women – they just sometimes make me mad.

Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in terms of biography.

We only have one agenda, which is to make ’em laugh their pants off. Unless they are girls, of course, when it is to make them laugh their bras off so we can get a quick look.