Men and women

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Men are vile inconstant toads.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

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Topic

Nature of men Men and women

Author

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1710 1710s 18th century

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Original Citation

Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley. Letter to Anne Justice. c. 12 June 1710.

Current Citation

Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley. "Letter to Anne Justice." Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Selected Letters. Penguin Books, 1997.

There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper.

Camille Paglia

Sexual Personae

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Topic

Differences between men and women Men and women

Author

Camille Paglia

Source

Sexual Personae

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Paglia, Camille. Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson. Yale University Press, 1990, ch. 8.

None of you ask for anything-except everything, but just for so long as you need it.

Doris Lessing

The Golden Notebook

On men.

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Topic

Men and women

Speaker

Anna Wulf

Author

Doris Lessing

Source

The Golden Notebook

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Lessing, Doris. The Golden Notebook. Michael Joseph, 1962.

Every man's ready for marriage when the right girl comes along.

Rear Window

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Topic

Marriage Men and women

Speaker

Stella

Actor

Thelma Ritter

Source

Rear Window

Medium

Film

Genre

Mystery (film) Thriller (film) Mystery Thriller

Language

English

Time

1954 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Rear Window. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Patron Inc., 1954.

In the grand design, women were drawn from a different set of blueprints.

Dale Cooper

Twin Peaks

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Topic

Nature of women Women Men and women

Speaker

Dale Cooper

Actor

Kyle MacLachlan

Source

Twin Peaks

Medium

TV program

Genre

Mystery (TV) Drama (TV) Mystery Drama

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

"Rest In Pain." Twin Peaks, written by Mark Frost and David Lynch and Harley Peyton, directed by Tina Rathborne, season 1, episode 4, Propaganda Films and Spelling Entertainment and Lynch/Frost Productions, 1990.

And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.

Genesis 2:21-22

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Topic

Adam and Eve Men and women Women

Source

Genesis The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Genesis 2:21-22).

Man has his will,—but woman has her way!

Oliver Wendell Holmes

This is It

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Topic

Gender relations Men and women

Author

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Source

This is It The Atlantic

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1857 1850s 19th century

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Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. "This Is It." The Atlantic Monthly. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, Dec. 1857.

If pussy was a stock, it would be plummeting right now because you’ve flooded the market with it. You’re giving it away too easy.

Dave Chappelle

Killin' Them Softly

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Topic

Chastity Men and women

Speaker

Dave Chappelle

Source

Killin' Them Softly

Medium

Comedy special

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Chappelle, Dave. Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly. HBO, 26 July 2000.

We all fall for them. Pricks are spontaneous, they're unpredictable, and they're fun. And then we're surprised when they turn out to be pricks.

Up in the Air

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Topic

Bad boys Men and women

Speaker

Alex Goran

Actor

Vera Farmiga

Source

Up in the Air

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy drama (film) Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Up in the Air. Directed by Jason Reitman, DreamWorks Pictures/The Montecito Picture Company/Cold Spring Pictures/Rickshaw Productions/Right of Way Films, 2009.

Where is my John Wayne?
Where is my prairie song?
Where is my happy ending?
Where have all the cowboys gone?

Paula Cole

Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?

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Chivalry is dead Men and women

Speaker

Paula Cole

Source

Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?

Medium

Song

Genre

Pop music

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Cole, Paula. "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" This Fire. Warner Records/Imago Records, 1996.

A man has every season, while a woman has only the right to spring.

Jane Fonda

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Topic

Women and aging Men and women Patriarchy

Speaker

Jane Fonda

Source

Daily Mail

Medium

Newspaper

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Fonda, Jane. Quoted in Daily Mail. 13 Sept. 1989.

Even if a husband lives two hundred fucking years, he'll never be able to discover his wife's real nature. I mean, I might be able to comprehend the universe, but, I'll never discover the truth about you. Never.

Last Tango in Paris

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Topic

Gender relations Men and women Marriage

Speaker

Paul

Actor

Marlon Brando

Source

Last Tango in Paris

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Last Tango in Paris. Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA)/Les Productions Artistes Associes, 1972.

The man's desire is for the woman; but the woman's desire is rarely other than for the desire of the man.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Topic

Men and women

Author

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Source

Table Talk

Language

English

Time

1834 1830s 19th century

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Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "23 July 1827." Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. London: John Murray, 1835.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge edited by Henry Nelson Coleridge (2nd ed 1836)." The Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, vol. 14: Table Talk, edited by Kathleen Coburn and Bart Winer. Princeton University Press, 2019.

Millions of years of evolution, right? Right? Men have to stick it in every place they can, but for women, women it is just about security and commitment and whatever the fuck else!

Eyes Wide Shut

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Topic

Gender relations Men and women Evolutionary psychology

Speaker

Alice Harford

Actor

Nicole Kidman

Source

Eyes Wide Shut

Medium

Film

Genre

Psychological (film) Drama (film) Psychological Drama

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Eyes Wide Shut. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Stanley Kubrick Productions/Pole Star Hobby Films, 1999.

This ain't something a man usually tells a woman: I love you, Edith.

Archie Bunker

All in the Family

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Topic

Men and women Expression of love Love

Speaker

Archie Bunker

Source

All in the Family

Medium

TV program

Genre

Sitcom Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

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Citation

"Archie in the Cellar." All in the Family, written by Norman Lear and Don Nicholl and Michael Ross, directed by Bob LaHendro and John Rich, season 4, episode 10, Tandem Productions, 1973.

The female of the species is more deadly than the male.

Rudyard Kipling

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Topic

Man and animals Men and women

Author

Rudyard Kipling

Source

The Female of the Species

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1911 1910s 20th century

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Original Citation

Kipling, Rudyard. "The Female of the Species." Morning Post, 20 Oct. 1911.

Current Citation

Kipling, Rudyard. "The Female of the Species." Rudyard Kipling: Stories and Poems, edited by Daniel Karlin. Oxford University Press, 2015.

Foolish men who accuse
a woman mindlessly-
you cannot even see
you cause what you abuse.

Juana Inés de la Cruz

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Topic

Gender relations Men and women

Author

Juana Inés de la Cruz

Language

Spanish

Time

1689 1680s 17th century

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Original Citation

Cruz, Juana Ines. Satira filosofica. c. 1689.

Current Citation

Cruz, Juana Ines. "Satria filosofica." Poems, Protest and a Dream: Selected Writings, translated by Margaret Sayers Peden. Penguin Books, 1997.

Woman's degradation is in man's idea of his sexual rights. Our religion, laws, customers, are all founded on the belief that woman was made for man.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Topic

Gender relations Men and women Oppression of women

Author

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1860 1860s 19th century

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Citation

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. Letter to Susan B. Anthony. 14 June 1860.

In the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.

Abigail Adams

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Topic

Feminism Oppression of women Men and women Tyranny Exploration

Author

Abigail Adams

Source

Letters of Abigail Adams

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1776 1770s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

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Original Citation

Adams, Abigail. Letter to John Adams. 31 Mar. 1776.

Current Citation

Adams, Abigail. My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams, edited by Margaret A. Hogan and C. James Taylor. Belknap Press, 2010.

It is hard for a woman to define her feelings in a language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs.

Thomas Hardy

Far From the Madding Crowd

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Topic

Women Gender relations Patriarchy Men and women

Speaker

Bathsheba Troy

Author

Thomas Hardy

Source

Far From the Madding Crowd

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1874 1870s 19th century

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Original Citation

Hardy, Thomas [published anonymously]. "Far From the Madding Crowd." Cornhill Magazine, 1874.

Current Citation

Hardy, Thomas. Far from the Madding Crowd, edited by Rosemarie Morgan. Penguin Classics, 2015.