Quote: Families are nothing other than the idolatry of duty. [Ann Oakley]
Quote: Housework is work directly opposed to the possibility of human self-actualization. [Ann Oakley]
Quote: If love means that one person absorbs the other, then no real relationship exists any more. Love evaporates; there is nothing left to love. The integrity of self is gone. [Ann Oakley]
Quote: The primary function of myth is to validate an existing social order. Myth enshrines conservative social values, raising tradition on a pedestal. It expresses and confirms, rather than explains or questions, the sources of cultural attitudes and values. Because myth anchors the present in the past it is a sociological charter for a future society which is an exact replica of the present one. [Ann Oakley]
Quote: Men are the enemies of women. Promising sublime intimacy, unequalled passion, amazing security and grace, they nevertheless exploit and injure in a myriad subtle ways. Without men the world would be a better place: softer, kinder, more loving; calmer, quieter, more humane. [Ann Oakley]