Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent.

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I'm not a nice person.

I'm not a nice person.

Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.

Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.

Of all the nasty outcomes predicted for women's liberation... none was more alarming, from a...

Of all the nasty outcomes predicted for women's liberation... none was more alarming, from a...

We love television because television brings us a world in which television does not exist

We love television because television brings us a world in which television does not exist

We love television because television brings us a world in which television does not exist.

We love television because television brings us a world in which television does not exist.

At best the family teaches the finest things human beings can learn from one another...

At best the family teaches the finest things human beings can learn from one another...

Personally, I can't see why it would be any less romantic to find a husband...

Personally, I can't see why it would be any less romantic to find a husband...

We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to...

We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to...

Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia

Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia

America is addicted to wars of distraction.

America is addicted to wars of distraction.

That's the really neat thing about Dan Quayle, as you must have realized from the...

That's the really neat thing about Dan Quayle, as you must have realized from the...

Consider the vice president, George Bush, a man so bedeviled by bladder problems that he...

Consider the vice president, George Bush, a man so bedeviled by bladder problems that he...

If men were equally at risk from this condition -- if they knew their bellies...

If men were equally at risk from this condition -- if they knew their bellies...

The one regret I have about my own abortions is that they cost money that...

The one regret I have about my own abortions is that they cost money that...

Like many other women, I could not understand why every man who changed a diaper...

Like many other women, I could not understand why every man who changed a diaper...

There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign...

There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign...

Marriage is socialism among two people.

Marriage is socialism among two people.

The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in...

The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in...

Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but...

Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but...

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around...

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around...