“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 as individuated and separated as possible. If she was not as good a mother before as… — Nancy Friday Copy Share Image
I think biologically we are attracted to more than one person, but given society and our needs, monogamy works better. — Nancy Friday Copy Share Image
“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… — Nancy Friday Copy Share Image
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… — Nancy Friday Copy Share Image
Because society would rather we always wore a pretty face, women have been trained to cut off anger. — Nancy Friday Copy Share Image
After sex, men fear too much intimacy; they want to separate again. Women want to talk, to continue the merging, melting fusion into one.… — Nancy Friday Copy Share Image
If you believe in the maternal instinct and fail at mother love, you fail as a woman. It is a controlling idea that holds… — Nancy Friday Copy Share Image
The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to… — Nancy Friday Copy Share Image
“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… — Nancy Friday Copy Share Image
Do women dress for men or women? I’ve always wondered why that eternally provocative question is put in terms of approval - as if… — Nancy Friday Copy Share Image
“Our feelings about menstruation are the image of what it is to be a woman in this culture. While menstruation and the fear of… — Nancy Friday Copy Share Image
To say something nice about themselves, this is the hardest thing in the world for people to do. — Nancy Friday Copy Share Image
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. — Nancy Friday Copy Share Image
