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Christina Hoff Sommers Quotes: Women are not children. We are not fragile little birds who can't cope with jokes, works of art, or controversial speakers.
         

Women are not children. We are not fragile little birds who can't cope with jokes, works of art, or controversial speakers.


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We must have moral education in the schools, anti-bullying programs, but this does not mean programs to feminize boys.

We must have moral education in the schools, anti-bullying programs, but this does not mean programs to feminize boys.



We are turning against boys and forgetting a simple truth: that the energy, competitiveness, and corporal daring of normal, decent males is responsible for much of what is right in the world.

We are turning against boys and forgetting a simple truth: that the energy, competitiveness, and corporal daring of normal, decent males is responsible for much of what is right in the world.



I'm concerned that boys have become politically incorrect, that we are a society in the process of turning against its male children.

I'm concerned that boys have become politically incorrect, that we are a society in the process of turning against its male children.



Toy companies aren't interested in ideology, they want to sell toys. If they would sell a toy that both boys and girls would buy, it doubles profits.

Toy companies aren't interested in ideology, they want to sell toys. If they would sell a toy that both boys and girls would buy, it doubles profits.



I think the fallacy is to think that Women's Liberation meant that men and women would become interchangeable. That has not happened, and most men and women would not want it to happen.

I think the fallacy is to think that Women's Liberation meant that men and women would become interchangeable. That has not happened, and most men and women would not want it to happen.



Boy's natural play is rough and tumble play, it's the universal play of little boys. And it's very different from aggression. And we are a society that's failing to understand the distinction.

Boy's natural play is rough and tumble play, it's the universal play of little boys. And it's very different from aggression. And we are a society that's failing to understand the distinction.



A fair and just society offers equality of opportunity to all. But it cannot promise, and should not try to enforce, sameness.

A fair and just society offers equality of opportunity to all. But it cannot promise, and should not try to enforce, sameness.



Trigger warnings and safe spaces are an infantilizing setback for feminism - and for women.

Trigger warnings and safe spaces are an infantilizing setback for feminism - and for women.



It's good to raise awareness that men and boys are struggling, at least many of them are. But why say men are finished? It's too harsh, too sweeping, and it happens to not be true.

It's good to raise awareness that men and boys are struggling, at least many of them are. But why say men are finished? It's too harsh, too sweeping, and it happens to not be true.



Truth brought to public light recruits the best of us to work for change. On the other hand, even the best-intentioned "noble lie" ultimately discredits the finest of causes.

Truth brought to public light recruits the best of us to work for change. On the other hand, even the best-intentioned "noble lie" ultimately discredits the finest of causes.





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Your lips, beloved, are like a honeycomb: honey and milk are under the tongue. And the smell of your clothes is like the smell of my home.

Your lips, beloved, are like a honeycomb: honey and milk are under the tongue. And the smell of your clothes is like the smell of my home.



Beware how you trifle with your marvelous inheritance, this great land of ordered liberty, for if we stumble and fall, freedom and civilization everywhere will go down in ruin.

Beware how you trifle with your marvelous inheritance, this great land of ordered liberty, for if we stumble and fall, freedom and civilization everywhere will go down in ruin.



I think leadership of any kind requires trust and transparency and voters should demand no less from their political leadership in government.

I think leadership of any kind requires trust and transparency and voters should demand no less from their political leadership in government.



The first kiss between two people is something really good in life.

The first kiss between two people is something really good in life.



Stay calm inside! You will then see that outside storms of life, even the most terrible ones, will turn into soft winds.

Stay calm inside! You will then see that outside storms of life, even the most terrible ones, will turn into soft winds.



However virtuous a woman may be, a compliment on her virtue is what gives her the least pleasure.

However virtuous a woman may be, a compliment on her virtue is what gives her the least pleasure.



Seek for good, but expect evil.

Seek for good, but expect evil.



What evil is there in seeing a man possess a woman? Why, the beasts would be more free than we!

What evil is there in seeing a man possess a woman? Why, the beasts would be more free than we!




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