Naomi Weisstein

“Perhaps the most important thing that has been left out of the study of women is the social context in which they live.”

“It is an interesting observation that the disputants are always men, and the topic is always women.”

“The idea that the differences between men and women are rooted in biology is a political one.”

“Psychology has nothing to say about what women are really like, what they need and what they want, essentially because psychology does not know.”

“What a cautious girl should do... is to accept the fact that biology is not destiny.”

“When we are expecting to see a certain kind of behavior, we are more likely to see it.”

“Thus, for instance, Freud's three essays on the theory of sexuality are not about the theory of sexuality at all. They are about the theory of male sexuality.”