Hymn to Women

Author: Translator: Xia Xiaochuan Editor-in-Chief: Helen Exley
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Publish Date: 1998-04-01
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Excerpt: I'm furious about the Women's Liberationists. They keep claiming that women are brighter than men. That's true, but it should be kept very quiet or it ruins the whole racket. ANITA LOOS (1888-1981) I am furious with the Women's Liberationists. They keep claiming that women are smarter than men. That may be true, but it should be kept very quiet or it ruins the whole thing. ANITA LOOS (1888-1981) Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself—like, for instance, he can't find a clean sock. JEAN KERR, b. 1923 Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when compelled to speak by something outside himself—such as, for example, when he can't find a clean sock. JEAN KERR (b. 1923) If a woman is sufficiently ambitious, determined, and gifted, there is practically nothing she can't do. HELEN LAWRENSON (1904-1982) If a woman is sufficiently ambitious, determined, and gifted, there is practically nothing she cannot achieve. HELEN LAWRENSON (1904-1982)