Hanna Rosin

Women have a tendency not to give up realms once they take over new ones. We are still proprietary over the domestic realm even as we take over new professional realms, and that is a real problem. ”

I grew up in a working-class Israeli family, which was feminist only in its female-dominated structure. ”

Feminism was about making women's lives less constrained and giving them more choices. ”

For women in, say, Alabama, 'feminism' is a dirty word. They would never march in the streets. But although they don't think of themselves as the beneficiaries of feminism, they are. ”

There are always signs that a reign is ending, and they are usually spotted not in the king himself but in his court. In the inner circle, latent jealousies between advisers spill into open conflict, as they angrily debate who is to blame for the calamity, chewing over each other's past errors and pointing the finger at old and nascent enemies. ”

NASA projects often have romantic names that link into a long history of exploration and adventure: Atlantis and Discovery, for example. ”

In China, a lot of the opening up of private entrepreneurship is happening because women are starting businesses, small businesses, faster than men. ”

The launch of a space shuttle can still make you weep with amazement and wonder, if you happen to be watching it. ”

Women had a rights movement where they fought for changes. Men... don't band together in quite that way. It happens not in such a public-cascade way as in a house-to-house way. ”

For nearly as long as civilization has existed, patriarchy - enforced through the rights of the firstborn son - has been the organizing principle, with few exceptions. ”