Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.
MARGARET MEADThere is no greater power in the world than the zest of a postmenopausal woman.
More Margaret Mead Quotes
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The time has come, I think, when we must recognize bisexuality as a normal form of human behavior.
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[Partly as a consequence of male authority] prestige value always attaches to the activities of men.
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There are now no elders who know more than the young themselves about what the young are experiencing.
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Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.
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Once any group in society stands in a relatively deprived position in relation to other groups, it is genuinely deprived.
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Today’s children are the first generation to grow up in a world that has the power to destroy itself.
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We grow up never questioning that which is unquestioned around us.
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Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not to be women.
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The negative cautions of science are never popular.
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An education not founded on Art will never succeed.
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WE MUST DEVISE A SYSTEM IN WHICH PEACE IS MORE REWARDING THAN WAR.
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Never underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world.
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Somehow, we have to get older people back close to growing children if we are to restore a sense of community, acquire knowledge of the past, and provide a sense of the future.
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Motherhood is a biological fact, while fatherhood is a social invention.
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The problem with America today is that too many people know too much about not enough.
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