Men and women

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A woman without a man cannot meet a man, any man, of any age, without thinking, even if it's for a half-second, Perhaps this is the man.

Doris Lessing

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Men and women

Author

Doris Lessing

Source

The Golden Notebook

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Lessing, Doris. The Golden Notebook. Michael Joseph, 1962.

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.

When guys cheat, it’s like we want something new. But then you know what happens? Your woman finds out, and now she’s new. She is never the same again.

Chris Rock

Tamborine

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Infidelity Men and women

Speaker

Chris Rock

Source

Tamborine

Medium

Standup comedy

Genre

Comedy

Language

English

Time

2018 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Rock, Chris. Chris Rock: Tamborine. Netflix, 14 Feb. 2018.

Angel, ha! She's a female! And all females is poison! They're full of wicked wiles!

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

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Topic

Dangers of women Men and women

Speaker

Grumpy

Actor

Pinto Colvig

Source

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Medium

Film

Genre

Animation (film) Fantasy (film) Animation Fantasy

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Directed by David Hand, Walt Disney Productions, 1937.

I would earnestly ask my sisters to keep clear of both the jargons now current everywhere... Of the jargon, namely about the "rights" of women, which urges women to do all that men do... Merely because men do it, and without regard to whether this is the best that women can do; and of the jargon which urges women to do nothing that men do, merely because they are women... Woman should bring the best she has, whatever that is... Without attending to either of these cries.

Florence Nightingale

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Women Men and women Women's rights

Author

Florence Nightingale

Source

Notes on Nursing

Medium

Treatise

Language

English

Time

1860 1860s 19th century

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Original Citation

Nightingale, Florence. Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What It Is Not. London: Harrison and Sons, 1859.

Current Citation

Nightingale, Florence. Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not. Dover Publications, 1969.

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.

Proverbs 12:4

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Topic

Women Men and women Patriarchy

Source

Proverbs The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Proverbs 12:4).

Jefe, you do not understand women. You cannot force open the petals of a flower. When the flower is ready, it opens itself up to you.

El Guapo

Three Amigos!

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Topic

Nature of women Pursuing women Men and women Women

Speaker

El Guapo

Actor

Alfonso Arau

Source

Three Amigos!

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Western (film) Comedy Western

Language

English

Time

1986 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Three Amigos. Directed by John Landis, Orion Pictures, 1986.

Women are born with pain built in. It's our physical destiny. Period pains, sore boobs, childbirth, you know. We carry it within ourselves throughout our lives. Men don't. They have to seek it out.

Fleabag

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Topic

Nature of women Women Men and women

Speaker

Belinda

Actor

Kristin Scott Thomas

Source

Fleabag

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Drama (TV) Comedy Drama

Language

English

Time

2019 2010s 21st century

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Citation

"Episode #2.3." Fleabag, written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, directed by Harry Bradbeer, season 2, episode 3, Amazon Studios and British Broadcasting Corporation, 2019.

The labour of women in the house, certainly enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise could; and in this way women are economic factors in society. But so are horses.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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Topic

Oppression of women Men and women

Author

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Genre

Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1898 1890s 19th century

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Citation

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. Women and Economics: A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution. Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1898, ch. 1.

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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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.

A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life, to be thankful for a good one.

Marjorie Rawlings

The Yearling

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Topic

Men and women

Speaker

Grandma Hutto

Author

Marjorie Rawlings

Source

The Yearling

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1938 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Rawlings, Marjorie. The Yearling. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938, ch. 12.

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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Patriarchy Gender roles Gender relations Men and women

Author

Alfred Tennyson

Source

The Princess

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1847 1840s 19th century

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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.

Women are like tricks by sleight of hand,
Which, to admire, we should not understand.

William Congreve

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Topic

Incomprehensibility of women Men and women Women

Speaker

Valentine

Author

William Congreve

Source

Love for Love

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1695 1690s 17th century

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Original Citation

Congreve, William. Love for Love. 30 Apr. 1695, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 21.

Current Citation

Congreve, William. "Love for Love." The Way of the World and Other Plays, edited by Eric S. Rump. Penguin Classics, 2006, act 4, sc. 21.

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

Vera Brittain

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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.

God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.

Paul Valéry

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Topic

Men and women

Author

Paul Valéry

Medium

Essay

Language

French

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

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Valery, Paul. Moralites. Librairie Gallimard, 1932.

By the time you say you're his,
Shivering and sighing
And he vows his passion is
Infinite, undying-
Lady, make a note of this:
One of you is lying.

Dorothy Parker

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Men and women Relationship challenges Relationships

Author

Dorothy Parker

Source

Unfortunate Coincidence

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Parker, Dorothy. "Unfortunate Coincidence." Enough Rope. Boni & Liveright, 1926.

Why can't a woman be more like a man?
Men are so honest, so thoroughly square;
Eternally noble, historically fair;
Who, when you win, will always give your back a pat.
Why can't a woman be like that?

Professor Henry Higgins

My Fair Lady

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Topic

Men and women Men Women

Speaker

Professor Henry Higgins

Actor

Rex Harrison

Source

A Hymn to Him My Fair Lady

Medium

Song Film

Genre

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

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

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"A Hymn to Him." My Fair Lady. Directed by George Cuko, performed by Rex Smith, Warner Bros., 1964.

The worker is the slave of capitalist society, the female worker is the slave of that slave.

James Connolly

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Topic

Oppression of women Men and women Anti-capitalism Capitalism

Author

James Connolly

Source

The Re-Conquest of Ireland

Medium

Pamphlet

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1915 1910s 20th century

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Connolly, James. Labour in Ireland: Labour in Irish History: the Re-conquest of Ireland. Dublin: Irish Workers' Cooperative Society, 1915.

Women can resist a man's love, a man's fame, a man's personal appearance, and a man's money, but they cannot resist a man's tongue when he knows how to talk to them.

Wilkie Collins

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Topic

Game Men and women

Author

Wilkie Collins

Source

The Woman in White

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1860 1860s 19th century

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Original Citation

Collins, Wilkie. "The Woman in White." All the Year Round, 26 Nov. 1859 – 25 Aug. 1860.

Current Citation

Collins, Wilkie. The Woman in White, edited by Matthew Sweet. Penguin Classics, 2003.

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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Women Gender relations Men and women

Speaker

Henry Higgins

Author

George Bernard Shaw

Source

Pygmalion

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1913 1910s 20th century

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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.