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Women have a much better time than men in this world; there are far more things forbidden to them. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#gender-roles #suffrage #womens-rights #men

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects. ↗

— Herman Melville

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Well, that depends, I suppose. I heard someone once say that men dance the same way they have sex. So, if you want everyone here to think you're the kind of guy who just sits around and—" He stood up. "Let's dance. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#fiction #georgina #persuasion #romance #succubus

It's called civilization. Women invented it, and every time you men blow it all to bits, we just invent it again. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

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Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread. ↗

— Richard Wright

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I have been crying," she replied, simply, "and it has done me good. It helps a woman you know, just as swearing helps a man. ↗

— Horace Annesley Vachell

#men #women #men

The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men. ↗

— Alice Walker

#black #created #exist #humans #made

What’s the worst possible thing you can call a woman? Don’t hold back, now. You’re probably thinking of words like slut, whore, bitch, cunt (I told you not to hold back!), skank. Okay, now, what are the worst things you can call a guy? Fag, girl, bitch, pussy. I’ve even heard the term “mangina.” Notice anything? The worst thing you can call a girl is a girl. The worst thing you can call a guy is a girl. Being a woman is the ultimate insult. Now tell me that’s not royally fucked up. ↗

— Jessica Valenti

#eye-opening #feminism #gender-inequality #insults #men

Magnus sighed. "Alexander, I've been alive for hundreds of years. I've been with men, been with women - with faeries and warlocks and vampires, and even a djinn or two." He looked sideways at Maryse, who looked mildly horrified. "Too much information? ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#city-of-fallen-angels #magnus-bane #maryse-lightwood #men

Sometimes a woman needs a man for company, no matter how useless he is. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

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