Bodies Quote by Faith Salie

Manhood and sagacity ripen of themselves; it suffices not to repress or distort them.

— George Santayana

I think as women and men become more conscious, the terms "woman/man" begin to lose meaning.

— Elizabeth Lesser

Masculinity is risky and elusive. It is achieved by a revolt from woman, and it is confirmed only by other men. Manhood coerced into…

— Camille Paglia

The woman's function is to fascinate men.

— George Balanchine

Manhood is a leaden mythology riding on the shoulders of every man.

— Norah Vincent

I think that women are powerful and they're multifaceted and they're survivors; they don't have to depend on a man to do the things…

— Rashida Jones

The castration of women has been carried out in terms of a masculine-feminine polarity, in which men have commandeered all the energy and streamlined…

— Germaine Greer

To the "masculists" of both sexes, "femininity" implies all that men have built into the female image in the past few centuries: weakness, imbecility,…

— Elizabeth Gould Davis

We can keep whatever we like about manhood but adjust the parts of the definition that are keeping men back.

— Hanna Rosin

Women, we tend to become whole people by venturing outside of the home, learning to aspire, to achieve, to deal with conflict - all…

— Gloria Steinem

It would be futile to attempt to fit women into a masculine pattern of attitudes, skills and abilities . . .

— Arianna Huffington

Today [the voice of women] is being heard loud and clear. But I do not read the welcome triumph of feminism, social, economic, and…

— E. O. Wilson