The Native American cultures on this continent, most of them, were matrilineal, and some women were the chiefs. Societies were about balance.
As for the American child's classic problem - too much mother, too little father - that would be cured by an equalization of parental responsibility.
I remember someone once asked Jack Kennedy why he was paying such close attention to the renovation of the square across from the White House, and he said, 'It may be the only thing my presidency is remembered for.'
I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.
Like art, revolutions come from combining what exists into what has never existed before.
Women don't want to exchange places with men. Male chauvinists, science-fiction writers and comedians may favor that idea for its shock value, but psychologists say it is a fantasy based on ruling-class ego and guilt.
Even before Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton threw their exploratory committees into the ring, every reporter seemed to be asking, 'Which candidate are Americans more ready for: a white woman or a black man?'
Because we are communal creatures, if you're with people who think you're smart, you're smart, and if they think you're dumb, you're dumb.
You can compel fear. You can even make someone feel they're in love if they're isolated and dependent for long enough. But laughter is free.
Do women compete for the favours of men? Yes. They've spent 5,000 years competing.
A movement is only composed of people moving. To feel its warmth and motion around us is the end as well as the means.
It's an incredible con job when you think about it, to believe something now in exchange for something after death. Even corporations with their reward systems don't try to make it posthumous.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
Until the masculine role is humanized, women will tend to be much better at solving dangerous conflicts.
Fashion in the past meant conforming and losing oneself. Fashion in the present means being individual and finding oneself.
The mark, to me, of a constructive argument is one that looks at a specific problem and says, 'What shall we do about this?' And a nonconstructive one is one that tries to label people.
Most women's magazines simply try to mold women into bigger and better consumers.
Secretary of state is far superior to vice president, because it's involved in continuously solving problems and making policy and not being on standby.
Anything can be used for or against the welfare of women - or the welfare of anyone - depending on who controls it.
When I had a fellowship at the Smithsonian, I asked for a couch in the office because I liked to lie down and take a break.
