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Christina Hoff Sommers Quotes: I think the fallacy is to think that Women's Liberation meant that men and women would become interchangeable. That has not happened, and most men and women would not want it to happen.
         

I think the fallacy is to think that Women's Liberation meant that men and women would become interchangeable. That has not happened, and most men and women would not want it to happen.


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We must have moral education in the schools, anti-bullying programs, but this does not mean programs to feminize boys.

We must have moral education in the schools, anti-bullying programs, but this does not mean programs to feminize boys.



We are turning against boys and forgetting a simple truth: that the energy, competitiveness, and corporal daring of normal, decent males is responsible for much of what is right in the world.

We are turning against boys and forgetting a simple truth: that the energy, competitiveness, and corporal daring of normal, decent males is responsible for much of what is right in the world.



I'm concerned that boys have become politically incorrect, that we are a society in the process of turning against its male children.

I'm concerned that boys have become politically incorrect, that we are a society in the process of turning against its male children.



Toy companies aren't interested in ideology, they want to sell toys. If they would sell a toy that both boys and girls would buy, it doubles profits.

Toy companies aren't interested in ideology, they want to sell toys. If they would sell a toy that both boys and girls would buy, it doubles profits.



Women are not children. We are not fragile little birds who can't cope with jokes, works of art, or controversial speakers.

Women are not children. We are not fragile little birds who can't cope with jokes, works of art, or controversial speakers.



Boy's natural play is rough and tumble play, it's the universal play of little boys. And it's very different from aggression. And we are a society that's failing to understand the distinction.

Boy's natural play is rough and tumble play, it's the universal play of little boys. And it's very different from aggression. And we are a society that's failing to understand the distinction.



A fair and just society offers equality of opportunity to all. But it cannot promise, and should not try to enforce, sameness.

A fair and just society offers equality of opportunity to all. But it cannot promise, and should not try to enforce, sameness.



Trigger warnings and safe spaces are an infantilizing setback for feminism - and for women.

Trigger warnings and safe spaces are an infantilizing setback for feminism - and for women.



It's good to raise awareness that men and boys are struggling, at least many of them are. But why say men are finished? It's too harsh, too sweeping, and it happens to not be true.

It's good to raise awareness that men and boys are struggling, at least many of them are. But why say men are finished? It's too harsh, too sweeping, and it happens to not be true.



Truth brought to public light recruits the best of us to work for change. On the other hand, even the best-intentioned "noble lie" ultimately discredits the finest of causes.

Truth brought to public light recruits the best of us to work for change. On the other hand, even the best-intentioned "noble lie" ultimately discredits the finest of causes.





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Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience.



I don't really believe in rules, but I do like old-fashioned dating where you don't call the guy until he calls you. I don't think it's like he's got to do this and that's the rule.

I don't really believe in rules, but I do like old-fashioned dating where you don't call the guy until he calls you. I don't think it's like he's got to do this and that's the rule.



A man's acts are partly determined by spontaneous impulse, partly by the conscious and unconscious effects of the various groups to which he belongs.

A man's acts are partly determined by spontaneous impulse, partly by the conscious and unconscious effects of the various groups to which he belongs.



This type of discourse in the campaign is just unwarranted. But it was started by Ms.[Hillary] Clinton. Ms. Clinton has started the idea of calling Donald Trump those types of names [bigot].

This type of discourse in the campaign is just unwarranted. But it was started by Ms.[Hillary] Clinton. Ms. Clinton has started the idea of calling Donald Trump those types of names [bigot].



I still believe that if we stand together with courage in our convictions and love for America, our best days are ahead of us.

I still believe that if we stand together with courage in our convictions and love for America, our best days are ahead of us.



Never trust a sentimentalist. They are all alike, pretenders to virtue, at heart selfish frauds and sensualists.

Never trust a sentimentalist. They are all alike, pretenders to virtue, at heart selfish frauds and sensualists.



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You know what our number one threat is? Heart disease.



President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet. My promise... is to help you and your family.

President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet. My promise... is to help you and your family.



I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning.

I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning.



I mean to say that Congress can hereafter decide whether any states, slave or free, can be framed out of Texas. If they should never be framed out of Texas, they never could be admitted.

I mean to say that Congress can hereafter decide whether any states, slave or free, can be framed out of Texas. If they should never be framed out of Texas, they never could be admitted.




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