Adolescence Quote by Rita Levi-Montalcini
“My experience in childhood and adolescence of the subordinate role played by the female in a society run entirely by men had convinced me that I was not cut out to be a wife.”
“My experience in childhood and adolescence of the subordinate role played by the female in a society run entirely by men had convinced me that I was not cut out to be a wife.”
![“Men ruled the roost and women played a subservient role [in the 1960s]. Working wives were a rarity, because their place was in the home, bringing up the kids. The women who did work were treated as second-class citizens because it was a male-dominated society. That was a fact of life then. But it…” quote by Jon Hamm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/182/jon-hamm-8288_1960s_men-ruled-the-roost-and-women-played-a-s_2379052.jpg)
![“As for the presence of large NGF [nerve growth factor] sources in snake venom and male genital organs, they may be conceived as instances of bizarre evolutionary gene expression.” quote by Rita Levi-Montalcini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/78c/rita-levi-montalcini-22012_bizarre_as-for-the-presence-of-large-ngf-nerve-g_91796.jpg)
![“I remember realizing, when I did Little Women [1994], that that was the only time girls that age were being written about. It was always boys - from David Copperfield to Lord of the Flies to Holden Caulfield. There were never young women going through adolescence or teen years; there were only…” quote by Winona Ryder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/666/winona-ryder-1469_adolescence_i-remember-realizing-when-i-did-little-w_41784.jpg)