There is no longer a doubt that women are just as competent as men. Gender differences are guided by nurture, as society treats boys and girls differently from an early age.

Whatever good there is in small boys is usually based upon their admiration for girls of their own age

Women are naturally competitive. That's what drives women to form cliques at early age.

Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.

If you have any doubt that we live in a society controlled by men, try reading down the index of contributors to a volume of quotations, looking for women's names

If a woman tells a man the god favor him, everybody says she's far-minded.' The broom halted mid-sweep and the slave turned to Hild. 'But let a woman do what the gods tell her, without asking a man's permission first? Then she's possessed.' Unwen punctuated her words with her broom, jabbing it into the corner.