Occupation: Cultural Anthropologist Birth: December 16, 1901 Death: November 15, 1978
An occupation that has no basis in sex-determined gifts can now recruit its ranks from twice as many potential artists..
The suffering of either sex - of the male who is unable, because of the way in which he was reared, to take the strong initiating or patriarchal role….
And as I had my father's kind of mind-which was also his mother's-I learned that the mind is not sex-typed..
Maleness in America is not absolutely defined; it has to be kept and re-earned every day, and one essential element in the definition is beating wome….
No skill, no special aptitude, no vividness of imagination or precision of thinking would go unrecognized because the child who possessed it was of ….
The differences between the two sexes is one of the important conditions upon which we have built the many varieties of human culture that give human….
Of all the peoples whom I have studied, from city dwellers to cliff dwellers, I always find that at least 50 percent would prefer to have at least on….
You "have a date," you "go out with a date," you "groan because there isn't a decent date in town." A situation defined as containing a girl - or boy….
American society is very like a fish society. . . . Among certain species of fish, the only thing which determines order of dominance is length of ti….
Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must have the opportunity to learn that within each rang….
Never ever depend on governments or institutions to solve any major problems. All social change comes from the passion of individuals..
The time has come, I think, when we must recognize bisexuality as a normal form of human behavior... we shall not really succeed in discarding the st….
What is new is not bisexuality, but rather the widening of our awareness and acceptance of human capacities for sexual love..
We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare our schools for what no one knows yet..
Throughout history, females have picked providers for males. Males pick anything..
It has been a woman's task throughout history to go on believing in life when there was almost no hope..
Each suburban housewife spends her time presiding over a power plant sufficient to have staffed the palace of a Roman emperor with a hundred slaves..
Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible..
Dear Math, please grow up and solve your own problems. I'm tired of solving them for you. Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like ….
Mothers are a biological necessity; fathers are a social invention.
Our first and most pressing problem is how to do away with warfare as a method of solving conflicts between national groups within a society who have….