North and West have always vied for power and territory, but their recent competition as to which one is more insidious of the two... has been more peaceful.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
This program has helped me to keep physically healthy and to eat the right foods ... and that's really what the swimsuit competiti...on is about.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The purpose of ritual for men is to learn the rules of power and competition. Watching sports together, for example, they see the ...formal enactment of ritual, become loyal to a team, learn to conceal their vulnerability. The purpose of ritual for women (going to lunch together, sharing a favorite salon, etc.) is to learn how to make human connections. They are often more intimate and vulnerable with one another than they are with their men, and taking care of other women teaches them to take care of themselves. In these formal ways, men and women domesticate their emotional lives. But their strategies are different, their biological itineraries are different. His sperm needs to travel, her egg needs to settle down. It's astonishing that they survive happily at all.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
... this dream that men shall cease to waste strength in competition and shall come to pool their powers of production is coming t...o pass all over the earth.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
At one of the later performances you asked why they called it a "miracle," Since nothing ever happened. That, of course, was ...the miracle But you wanted to know why so much action took on so much life And still managed to remain itself, aloof, smiling and courteous.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Traditionally in American society, men have been trained for both competition and teamwork through sports, while women have been r...eared to merge their welfare with that of the family, with fewer opportunities for either independence or other team identifications, and fewer challenges to direct competition. In effect, women have been circumscribed within that unit where the benefit of one is most easily believed to be the benefit of all.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
You can't protect women without handicapping them in competition with men. If you demand equality you must accept equality. Women ...can't have it both ways.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The child knows only that he engages in play because it is enjoyable. He isn't aware of his need to play--a need which has its sou...rce in the pressure of unsolved problems. Nor does he know that his pleasure in playing comes from a deep sense of well-being that is the direct result of feeling in control of things, in contrast to the rest of his life, which is managed by his parents or other adults.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Advertising could not be understood as simply another form of salesmanship. It aimed at something new--the creation of consumption... communities.... The primary argument of the salesman was personal and private: this hat is perfect for you (singular). His focus was on the individual; he succeeded when he cajoled, flattered, managed, and overwhelmed a particular buyer's ego. The primary argument of the advertisement was public and general: This hat is perfect for you (plural). While the salesman persuaded the customer that the item was peculiarly suited to his unique needs, the advertisement persuaded groups of buyers that the item was well suited to the needs of all persons in the group. The advertisement succeeded when it discovered, defined, and persuaded a new community of consumers.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »