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Christina Hoff Sommers Quotes: You have to be literate in today's world. We're not going to get away with not teaching boys to read.
         

You have to be literate in today's world. We're not going to get away with not teaching boys to read.


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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.



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.



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.





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Nothing leads to good that is not natural.

Nothing leads to good that is not natural.



Before consulting the hotheads who present various military options such as a military invasion: remember, President Reagan, Rambo only exists in the movies.

Before consulting the hotheads who present various military options such as a military invasion: remember, President Reagan, Rambo only exists in the movies.



The universe must not be narrowed down to the limit of our understanding, but our understanding must be stretched and enlarged to take in the image of the universe as it is discovered.

The universe must not be narrowed down to the limit of our understanding, but our understanding must be stretched and enlarged to take in the image of the universe as it is discovered.



I don't lecture and I don't grind any axes. I just want to entertain.

I don't lecture and I don't grind any axes. I just want to entertain.



Anything in literature, including memory, is second-hand.

Anything in literature, including memory, is second-hand.



The two things you cannot do effectively on stage are pray and copulate.

The two things you cannot do effectively on stage are pray and copulate.



The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting.

The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting.



I listen to XM radio because I can get so many overseas news stations.

I listen to XM radio because I can get so many overseas news stations.



The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report, what my dream was.

The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report, what my dream was.




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