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In Washington, D.C., this week a special 12-person committee was formed to address the problem of teen age pregnancy; you know, there used to be a 2-person committee to handle that -- it was called parents. Hello!
- Dennis Miller, Dennis Miller Live, HBO
Women say they want understanding, but they end up being attracted to a dominating guy. The guy who dominates sexually or is aggressive turns them on.
- Michael Douglas, New Woman, September 1995
Men have defined femininity since its inception. Maybe briefly during the '70s when women had some balls and were actually trying to redefine themselves did they try to reunderstand the word.
- Martha Plimpton, Elle, May 1996
The Victorian attitude which insists that woman has no appetite at all and must make no demands is a defence against the fear of the opposite extreme -- that woman is all appetite, all demands.
- Eva Figes, Patriarchal Attitudes
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