Hanna Rosin Quotes
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I could do a franchise for the end of everything. 'The End of Dogs,' 'The End of Cats.'
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Previously, young children had to be shown by their parents how to use a mouse or a remote, and the connection between what they were doing with their hand and what was happening on the screen took some time to grasp. But with the iPad, the connection is obvious, even to toddlers.
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Ever since viewing screens entered the home, many observers have worried that they put our brains into a stupor. An early strain of research claimed that when we watch television, our brains mostly exhibit slow alpha waves - indicating a low level of arousal, similar to when we are daydreaming.
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There is no 'natural' order, only the way things are.
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Women don't give up things. They don't give up responsibilities. They add new things. They exhaust themselves and still don't give anything up. And. And. And. And. And they do all these other things at the same time, which can be exhausting.
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There comes a point in nearly every book event I've done when a little feminist revolt stirs inside the crowd.
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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Women are choosing to stay single rather than marry men who can't step up and provide.
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With the Jews, the questions are always open; we're always questioning. I love that questioning tradition.
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If my own current husband was suddenly a stay-at-home dad, it would be emasculating. That would be hard for me.
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For women in, say, Alabama, 'feminism' is a dirty word. They would never march in the streets. But although they don't think of themselves as the beneficiaries of feminism, they are.
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Evolutionary psychology tells us that men, especially powerful men, feel invincible and entitled to spread their seed, and that women can't resist the scent of masculine power. Women, by contrast, are said to be more altruistic and collaborative, seeking power so that they can share it with others.
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We've heard that the hookup culture is destroying us. We've heard that it's saving us. We've heard that it's racist. We've agonized over which one of these is true.
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Workplaces still operate like it's 1962 and one person is always at home, and they are not very good at adjusting for the fact that a majority of women work and take care of children.
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Feminism was about making women's lives less constrained and giving them more choices.
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As we get used to women in power, we are likely to discover that they behave much like powerful men - vain, entitled, always looking for more.
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If men can quilt and take over the kitchen, then women can pick up a wrench and fix a leaky pipe.
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We're so marriage-obsessed, we think that only married people are families.
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In China, a lot of the opening up of private entrepreneurship is happening because women are starting businesses, small businesses, faster than men.
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For nearly as long as civilization has existed, patriarchy - enforced through the rights of the firstborn son - has been the organizing principle, with few exceptions.
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Breast-feeding does not belong in the realm of facts and hard numbers; it is much too intimate and elemental.
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Blog culture has a hard time digesting narratives, but it has an easy time digesting 'big ideas' pieces.
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Women are just much better at getting degrees than men. It seems that school at every level plays to the natural strengths of women more than it does to men.
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Women have taken on traditionally masculine roles and professions, and there is no real equivalent for men. Men are still extremely reluctant, as we all are reluctant to see them, take on traditionally feminine roles or professions. That is just not something that they do easily.