Gender relations

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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

Authentication Score 2

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.

I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man.

George Meredith

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Topic

Gender relations Women Men and women

Speaker

Sir Austin Feverel

Author

George Meredith

Source

The Ordeal of Richard Feverel

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

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Citation

Meredith, George. The Ordeal of Richard Feverel: A History of Father and Son. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859, ch. 1.

The principle which regulates the existing social relations between the two sexes—the legal subordination of one sex to the other—is wrong in itself, and now one of the chief hindrances to human improvement.

John Stuart Mill

The Subjection of Women

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Topic

Patriarchy Oppression of women Gender relations

Author

John Stuart Mill

Source

The Subjection of Women

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1869 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Mill, John Stuart. The Subjection of Women. London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1869, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Mill, John Stuart. "The Subjection of Women." On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays, edited by Mark Philp and Frederick Rosen. Oxford University Press, 2015, ch. 1.

Men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way.

Billy Crystal

When Harry Met Sally…

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Topic

Gender relations Friendship between men and women Sex

Speaker

Harry Burns

Actor

Billy Crystal

Source

When Harry Met Sally…

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Comedy (film) Romantic comedy Comedy

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

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Citation

When Harry Met Sally... Directed by Rob Reiner, Nelson Entertainment/Castle Rock Entertainment, 1989.

A Woman is a foreign land,
Of which, though there he settle young,
A man will ne'er quite understand
The customs, politics, and tongue.

Coventry Patmore

The Angel in the House

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Topic

Gender relations Men and women

Author

Coventry Patmore

Source

The Angel in the House

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1854 1850s 19th century

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Citation

Patmore, Coventry. The Angel in the House. Self-published, 1854, bk. 2, canto 9, prelude 2.

Man for the field and woman for the hearth:
Man for the sword and for the needle she:
Man with the head and woman with the heart:
Man to command and woman to obey;
All else confusion.

Alfred Tennyson

The Princess

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Topic

Patriarchy Gender roles Gender relations Men and women

Author

Alfred Tennyson

Source

The Princess

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1847 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Tennyson, Alfred. The Princess. London: Edward Moxon, 1847, pt. 5, I. 437.

Current Citation

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "The Princess." Alfred Tennyson: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 5, I. 437.

It is humbling to reflect, that in those countries in which the fondness for the mere persons of women is carried to the highest excess, they are slaves; and that their moral and intellectual degradation increases in direct proportion to the adoration which is paid to mere external charms.

Hannah More

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Topic

Oppression of women Gender relations Patriarchy

Author

Hannah More

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1799 1790s 18th century

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Citation

More, Hannah. Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education. Vol. 1, London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1799, ch. 1.

Meek wifehood is no part of my profession;
I am your friend, but never your possession.

Vera Brittain

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Topic

Marriage Gender relations Men and women

Author

Vera Brittain

Source

Married Love

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Brittain, Vera. "Married Love." Poems of the War and After. Victor Gollancz, 1934.

Man is, or should be, woman's protector and defender. The natural and proper timidity and delicacy which belongs to the female sex evidently unfits it for many of the occupations of civil life. The Constitution of the family organization, which is founded in the divine ordinance, as well as the nature of things, indicates the domestic sphere as that which properly belongs to the domain and functions of womanhood... The paramount destiny and mission of woman are to fulfil the noble and benign offices of wife and mother. This is the law of the Creator.

Joseph P. Bradley

Bradwell v. State of Illinois

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Patriarchy Gender relations

Author

Joseph P. Bradley

Source

Bradwell v. State of Illinois

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1873 1870s 19th century

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Citation

Bradley, Joseph P. United States, Supreme Court. Bradwell v. State of Illinois. United States Reports, vol. 83 (16 Wall.), 15 Apr. 1873, pp. 130-142, https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/83/130/.

Perhaps it is no wonder that the women were first at the Cradle and last at the Cross. They had never known a man like this Man-there has never been such another... Who never made arch jokes about them, never treated them either as "The women, God help us", or "The ladies, God bless them!"

Dorothy L. Sayers

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Patriarchy Gender relations Women

Author

Dorothy L. Sayers

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Sayers, Dorothy. "The Human-Not-Quite-Human." Unpopular Opinions. Victor Gollancz, 1946.

Women upset everything. When you let them into your life, you find that the woman is driving at one thing and you're driving at another.

George Bernard Shaw

Pygmalion

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Topic

Women Gender relations Men and women

Speaker

Henry Higgins

Author

George Bernard Shaw

Source

Pygmalion

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1913 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. Pygmalion. 16 Oct. 1913, Hofburg Theatre, Vienna, Germany, act. 2.

Current Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. Pygmalion. Penguin, 2005, act 2.

There is no more trusting in women.

Homer

The Odyssey

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Topic

Trustworthiness of women Gender relations

Author

Homer

Source

The Odyssey

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem

Language

Greek

Time

700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Homer. Ὀδύσσεια [Odyssey]. c. 710 BC, bk. 11, l. 456.

Current Citation

Homer. The Odyssey, edited by Bernard Knox, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2006, bk. 11, l. 456.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Oscar Wilde

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Women Gender relations Men and women

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

The Sphinx Without a Secret Lord Arthur Savile's Crime: The Portrait of Mr. W.H. and Other Stories

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1891 1890s 19th century

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Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Sphinx Without a Secret." Lord Arthur Savile's Crime: The Portrait of Mr. W.H. and Other Stories. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1891.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Sphinx Without a Secret." The Model Millionaire: Stories. Harper Perennial, 2009.

Man is the hunter; woman is his game.

Alfred Tennyson

The Princess

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Topic

Gender relations Men and women

Author

Alfred Tennyson

Source

The Princess

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1847 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Tennyson, Alfred. The Princess. London: Edward Moxon, 1847, pt. 5, I. 147.

Current Citation

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "The Princess." Alfred Tennyson: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 5, I. 147.

I'm all for that. Especially with women. You know, they may not admit it, but they all want a man to…take charge. Tell them what to do.

Coming to America

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Topic

Nature of women Women Gender relations

Speaker

Darryl Jenks

Actor

Eriq La Salle

Source

Coming to America

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1988 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Coming To America. Directed by John Landis, Eddie Murphy Productions, 1988.

The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Topic

Oppression of women Gender relations Men and women

Speaker

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Source

Declaration of Sentiments (Speech)

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1848 1840s 19th century

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Citation

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. "Declaration of Sentiments." Women's Rights Convention. 19 July 1848, Wesleyan Chapel, Seneca Falls, NY, USA.

As unto the bow the cord is,
So unto the man is woman,
Though she bends him, she obeys him,
Though she draws him, yet she follows,
Useless each without the other!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Song of Hiawatha

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Gender relations Men and women

Author

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Source

The Song of Hiawatha

Language

English

Time

1855 1850s 19th century

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Original Citation

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The Song of Hiawatha. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855, pt. 10.

Current Citation

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "The Song of Hiawatha." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems and Other Writings, edited by J. D. McClatchy. Library of America, 2000, pt. 10.

Men are rats, listen to me, they're fleas on rats, worse than that, they're amoebas on fleas on rats. I mean, they're too low for even the dogs to bite. The only man a girl can depend on is her daddy.

Grease

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Topic

Gender relations Men and women Nature of men

Speaker

Frenchie

Actor

Didi Conn

Source

Grease

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Musical (film) Romantic comedy Musical

Language

English

Time

1978 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Grease. Directed by Randal Kleiser, Allan Carr Enterprises/Stigwood Group, 1978.

There is more difference within the sexes than between them.

Ivy Compton-Burnett

Mother and Son

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Topic

Gender relations Men and women

Author

Ivy Compton-Burnett

Source

Mother and Son

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Compton-Burnett, Ivy. Mother and Son. Victor Gollancz/Julian Messner, 1955, ch. 10.

Certain women should be struck regularly, like gongs.

Noel Coward

Private Lives

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Topic

Gender relations Men and women Women

Speaker

Elyot Chase

Author

Noel Coward

Source

Private Lives

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play) Comedy of manners Comedy

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

English

Time

1930 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Coward, Noël. Private Lives. Directed by Noël Coward. Performed by Noël Coward and Adrianne Allen and Gertrude Lawrence and Laurence Olivier. 1930, King's Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland, act 3.

Current Citation

Coward, Noël. Private Lives. Methuen Drama, 2023, act 3.