The intense campaigns against domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, and inequity in the schools all too often depend on an image of women as weak and victimized.

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Prior to penicillin and medical research, death was an everyday occurrence. It was intimate.

Prior to penicillin and medical research, death was an everyday occurrence. It was intimate.

Perhaps the strongest evidence that women have as broad and deep a capacity for physical...

Perhaps the strongest evidence that women have as broad and deep a capacity for physical...

Well, it arose out of two long-term concerns - the first being the possibility of...

Well, it arose out of two long-term concerns - the first being the possibility of...

But the idea that women can't take care of themselves still permeates our culture.

But the idea that women can't take care of themselves still permeates our culture.

But the animation has become very good, and I think that a movie is not...

But the animation has become very good, and I think that a movie is not...

I come from a family of great readers and storytellers.

I come from a family of great readers and storytellers.

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early...

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early...

But I went to high school in a Portland suburb and went to college here.

But I went to high school in a Portland suburb and went to college here.

What I think happens, and that you have to acknowledge though, is that a director...

What I think happens, and that you have to acknowledge though, is that a director...

I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.

I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.

Every doorway, every intersection has a story.

Every doorway, every intersection has a story.

I know if I were in your generation I would be really tired of seeing...

I know if I were in your generation I would be really tired of seeing...

We're also far enough from the publishing power that we have no access to the...

We're also far enough from the publishing power that we have no access to the...

This idea that males are physically aggressive and females are not has distinct drawbacks for...

This idea that males are physically aggressive and females are not has distinct drawbacks for...

The more potent, unasked question is how society at large reacts to eager, voluntary violence...

The more potent, unasked question is how society at large reacts to eager, voluntary violence...

I think that it's really important to go away and come back.

I think that it's really important to go away and come back.

And while national military forces have historically resisted the full participation of women soldiers, female...

And while national military forces have historically resisted the full participation of women soldiers, female...

The second is the structure and source of cults. They have always haunted me, and...

The second is the structure and source of cults. They have always haunted me, and...

Training of female athletes is so new that the limits of female possibility are still...

Training of female athletes is so new that the limits of female possibility are still...

But I think everybody should write. I think those people with stories who don't write...

But I think everybody should write. I think those people with stories who don't write...