#female

We shelter children for a time; we live side by side with men; and that is all. We owe them nothing, and are owed nothing. I think we owe our friends more, especially our female friends. ↗

— Fay Weldon

#especially #female #friends #i #i think

Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among men and beasts. ↗

— Aeschylus

#beasts #female #masters #men #passion

The female of the genus homo is economically dependent on the male. He is her food supply. ↗

— Charlotte Perkins Gilman

#economically #female #food #food supply #genus

Men have a lot less to write about, unless you're somebody like Tom Waits or John Lennon. And the female voice is much more suited to melody. Men have this barky thing - we're domesticated apes with a microphone. ↗

— Brandon Boyd

#domesticated #female #john #john lennon #lennon

Often I am asked if there is any such thing as a female serial killer. ↗

— Pat Brown

#any #asked #female #i #i am

Un homme de cinquante ans ne tient pas longtemps rancune à une femme de vingt-trois. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#male-female-relationships #relationship

I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book. ↗

— Lydia M. Child

#after #book #could #expect #female

Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black. ↗