Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to be as mediocre as possible.

Quote by Margaret Mead

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Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and...

Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and...

Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not...

Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not...

A society which is clamoring for choice, which is filled with many articulate groups, each...

A society which is clamoring for choice, which is filled with many articulate groups, each...

The way to do fieldwork is never to come up for air until it is...

The way to do fieldwork is never to come up for air until it is...

Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute....

Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute....

Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all...

Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all...

I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with...

I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with...

As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old,...

As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old,...

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a...

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a...

The pains of childbirth were altogether different from the enveloping effects of other kinds of...

The pains of childbirth were altogether different from the enveloping effects of other kinds of...

I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce.

I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce.

I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual...

I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual...

Sisters is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are...

Sisters is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are...

I had no reason to doubt that brains were suitable for a woman. And as...

I had no reason to doubt that brains were suitable for a woman. And as...

We may say that many, if not all, of the personality traits which we have...

We may say that many, if not all, of the personality traits which we have...

The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow...

The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow...

Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must...

Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must...

It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into...

It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into...

It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead...

It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead...

One compensation of old age is that it excuses you from picnics.

One compensation of old age is that it excuses you from picnics.

Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one...

Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one...