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> [Because society would rather we always wore a pretty face, women have been trained to cut off anger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-friday/because-society-would-rather-we-always-wore-a-pretty-face-women-have/)

[Nancy Friday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-friday/)

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> [The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-friday/the-debt-of-gratitude-we-owe-our-mother-and-father-goes-forward-not/)

[Nancy Friday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-friday/)

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> [Inside every adult male is a denied little boy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-friday/inside-every-adult-male-is-a-denied-little-boy/)

[Nancy Friday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-friday/)

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## More by Nancy Friday

> [Blaming mother is just a negative way of clinging to her still.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-friday/blaming-mother-is-just-a-negative-way-of-clinging-to-her-still/)

[Nancy Friday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-friday/)

> [I think biologically we are attracted to more than one person, but given society and our needs, monogamy works better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-friday/i-think-biologically-we-are-attracted-to-more-than-one-person-but/)

[Nancy Friday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-friday/)

> [“Nancy, you know I’m not really good at this mothering business,” she says. “You’re a lovely child, the fault is not with you. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-friday/nancy-you-know-i-m-not-really-good-at-this-mothering-business-she/)

[Nancy Friday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-friday/)

> [I like the company of men. I've never been welcome in those groups, but then I would no more go to a consciousness-raising group…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-friday/i-like-the-company-of-men-i-ve-never-been-welcome-in-those-groups-but/)

[Nancy Friday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-friday/)

> [Because society would rather we always wore a pretty face, women have been trained to cut off anger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-friday/because-society-would-rather-we-always-wore-a-pretty-face-women-have/)

[Nancy Friday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-friday/)

> [After sex, men fear too much intimacy; they want to separate again. Women want to talk, to continue the merging, melting fusion into one.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-friday/after-sex-men-fear-too-much-intimacy-they-want-to-separate-again/)

[Nancy Friday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-friday/)

> [Fantasy isn't something you run out of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-friday/fantasy-isn-t-something-you-run-out-of/)

[Nancy Friday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-friday/)

> [If you believe in the maternal instinct and fail at mother love, you fail as a woman. It is a controlling idea that holds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-friday/if-you-believe-in-the-maternal-instinct-and-fail-at-mother-love-you/)

[Nancy Friday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-friday/)

> [Sexuality is the great field of battle between biology and society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-friday/sexuality-is-the-great-field-of-battle-between-biology-and-society/)

[Nancy Friday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-friday/)

> [The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-friday/the-debt-of-gratitude-we-owe-our-mother-and-father-goes-forward-not/)

[Nancy Friday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-friday/)

> [“The primary rule is always that a mother can’t go wrong, ever, by encouraging her child after age one and a half to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-friday/the-primary-rule-is-always-that-a-mother-can-t-go-wrong-ever-by/)

[Nancy Friday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-friday/)

> [Do women dress for men or women? I’ve always wondered why that eternally provocative question is put in terms of approval - as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-friday/do-women-dress-for-men-or-women-i-ve-always-wondered-why-that/)

[Nancy Friday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-friday/)

> [“Our feelings about menstruation are the image of what it is to be a woman in this culture. While menstruation and the fear of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-friday/our-feelings-about-menstruation-are-the-image-of-what-it-is-to-be-a/)

[Nancy Friday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-friday/)

> [To say something nice about themselves, this is the hardest thing in the world for people to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-friday/to-say-something-nice-about-themselves-this-is-the-hardest-thing-in/)

[Nancy Friday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-friday/)

> [To say something nice about yourself, this is the hardest thing in the world for people to do. They'd rather take their clothes off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-friday/to-say-something-nice-about-yourself-this-is-the-hardest-thing-in-the/)

[Nancy Friday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-friday/)

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