--- title: "2 Conditioning Quotes By Riane Eisler" description: "2 Conditioning quotes by Riane Eisler. Plus more from Riane Eisler and more Conditioning sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4c/riane-eisler-10808_caring_the-main-take-home-lesson-from-a-careful_2007332.jpg" --- > [“The main take-home lesson from a careful study of nomadic forager partnership societies, re-enforced by the recent Nordic experience, is that humans are capable of living in egalitarian social systems where neither dominates the other, where violence is minimized, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riane-eisler/the-main-take-home-lesson-from-a-careful-study-of-nomadic-forager/) [Riane Eisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riane-eisler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4c/riane-eisler-10808_caring_the-main-take-home-lesson-from-a-careful_2007332.jpg) > [People from authoritarian, male-dominated, punitive families tend to vote for "strongman" leaders and for "hard" punitive policies (prisons, wars) rather than "soft" caring policies (healthcare, childcare). Not everyone from this background does. But many people do. And this conditioning can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riane-eisler/people-from-authoritarian-male-dominated-punitive-families-tend-to/) [Riane Eisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riane-eisler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/321/riane-eisler-10808_backgrounds_people-from-authoritarian-male-dominated_2564975.jpg) ## Other authors on Conditioning - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rajneesh-77002.jpg) Rajneesh 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conditioning/rajneesh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conditioning/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-deepak-chopra-28468.jpg) Deepak Chopra 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conditioning/deepak-chopra/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-idries-shah-43105.jpg) Idries Shah 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conditioning/idries-shah/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-aldous-huxley-10635.jpg) Aldous Huxley 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conditioning/aldous-huxley/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nirmala-srivastava-71652.jpg) Nirmala Srivastava 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conditioning/nirmala-srivastava/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tara-brach-88909.jpg) Tara Brach 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conditioning/tara-brach/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-eckhart-tolle-31242.jpg) Eckhart Tolle 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conditioning/eckhart-tolle/) ## More by Riane Eisler > [“Now, perhaps nowhere as poignantly as in the omnipresent theme of Christ dying on the cross, the central image of art is no longer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riane-eisler/now-perhaps-nowhere-as-poignantly-as-in-the-omnipresent-theme-of/) [Riane Eisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riane-eisler/) > [war and the 'war of the sexes' are neither divinely nor biologically ordained.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riane-eisler/war-and-the-war-of-the-sexes-are-neither-divinely-nor-biologically/) [Riane Eisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riane-eisler/) > [The link between intimate violence in the home and the international violence of terrorism and war is as tightly bound together as the fingers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riane-eisler/the-link-between-intimate-violence-in-the-home-and-the-international/) [Riane Eisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riane-eisler/) > [It is not coincidental that for so-called religious fundamentalists - whether they are Western or Eastern, Muslim or Christian - rigid male dominance and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riane-eisler/it-is-not-coincidental-that-for-so-called-religious-fundamentalists/) [Riane Eisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riane-eisler/) > [The bad news is that the movement toward the partnership side of the social scale (and it is always a matter of degree, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riane-eisler/the-bad-news-is-that-the-movement-toward-the-partnership-side-of-the/) [Riane Eisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riane-eisler/) > [“Like the absence of gender-specific terms such as glyany and androcracy from the vocabulary of historians, the systematic omission of women from accounts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riane-eisler/like-the-absence-of-gender-specific-terms-such-as-glyany-and/) [Riane Eisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riane-eisler/) > [“Indeed, if we look closely at the art of the Neolithic, it is truly astonishing how much of its Goddess imagery has survived—and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riane-eisler/indeed-if-we-look-closely-at-the-art-of-the-neolithic-it-is-truly/) [Riane Eisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riane-eisler/) > [“The Goddess-centered art we have been examining, with its striking absence of images of male domination or warfare, seems to have reflected a social…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riane-eisler/the-goddess-centered-art-we-have-been-examining-with-its-striking/) [Riane Eisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riane-eisler/) > [“Many cultural stories worldwide present the domination system as the only human alternative. Fairy tales romanticize the rule of kings and queens over “common…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riane-eisler/many-cultural-stories-worldwide-present-the-domination-system-as-the/) [Riane Eisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riane-eisler/) > [Obviously there is pain in childbirth. But giving birth is also a moment of awe and wonder, a moment when the true miracle of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riane-eisler/obviously-there-is-pain-in-childbirth-but-giving-birth-is-also-a/) [Riane Eisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riane-eisler/) > [“It is also more than likely that women invented that most fundamental of all material technologies, without which civilization could not have evolved: the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riane-eisler/it-is-also-more-than-likely-that-women-invented-that-most-fundamental/) [Riane Eisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riane-eisler/) > [“So again and again we see how under the prevailing paradigm our real past—and the original thrust of our cultural evolution—can only be seen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riane-eisler/so-again-and-again-we-see-how-under-the-prevailing-paradigm-our-real/) [Riane Eisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riane-eisler/) > [Care work produces public goods, and should be supported in families by policies such as paid parental leave and caregiver tax credits, and by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riane-eisler/care-work-produces-public-goods-and-should-be-supported-in-families/) [Riane Eisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riane-eisler/) > [to change our realities, we also have to change our myths. As history amply demonstrates, myths and realities go hand in hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riane-eisler/to-change-our-realities-we-also-have-to-change-our-myths-as-history/) [Riane Eisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riane-eisler/) > [The only life many of the leaders of the anti-family planning movement seem to care about -- indeed obsess about -- is life before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riane-eisler/the-only-life-many-of-the-leaders-of-the-anti-family-planning/) [Riane Eisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riane-eisler/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conditioning/riane-eisler/#itemlist", "name": "2 Conditioning Quotes By Riane Eisler", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The main take-home lesson from a careful study of nomadic forager partnership societies, re-enforced by the recent Nordic experience, is that humans are capable of living in egalitarian social systems where neither dominates the other, where violence is minimized, and where prosocial cooperation and caring typify social life. 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