Women and men communicate differently, often on entirely different planes. But just as men have failed us, we have failed them. It has been one of our great collective female shortcomings to presume that whatever we do not perceive simply isn't there, or that whatever is not communicated in our language is not intelligible speech.
People see weakness in a woman and they want to help. They see weakness in a man and they want to stamp it out - Norah Vincent
People see weakness in a woman and they want to help. They see weakness in a man and they want to stamp it out
- Norah Vincent
Women and men communicate differently, often on entirely different planes. But just as men have failed us, we have failed them. It has been one of ou… - Norah Vincent
Women and men communicate differently, often on entirely different planes. But just as men have failed us, we have failed them. It has been one of ou…
You want to be happy? You want to be well? Then put your boots on. - Norah Vincent
You want to be happy? You want to be well? Then put your boots on.
There's a big difference between tolerance and approval, and I have no right to expect or demand the latter from anyone. - Norah Vincent
There's a big difference between tolerance and approval, and I have no right to expect or demand the latter from anyone.
I really like being a woman. ... I like it more now because I think it's more of a privilege. - Norah Vincent
I really like being a woman. ... I like it more now because I think it's more of a privilege.
There is a time in a boy’s life when the sweetness is pounded out of him; and tenderness, and the ability to show what he feels, is gone. - Norah Vincent
There is a time in a boy’s life when the sweetness is pounded out of him; and tenderness, and the ability to show what he feels, is gone.
Is this level of athletic competition the ultimate distraction from real life? Or is it a form of prayer? - Norah Vincent
Is this level of athletic competition the ultimate distraction from real life? Or is it a form of prayer?
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