If men could see us as we really are, they would be a little amazed; but the cleverest, the acutest men are often under an illusion about women: they do not read them in a true light: they misapprehend them, both for good and evil: their good woman is a queer thing, half doll, half angel; their bad woman almost always a fiend. Anonymous
About This Quote

Men and women are different, and that's clear. However, we often fail to see what makes us so much alike. It's not just that we're both human, but that we're both complex and imperfect. We can't help but make mistakes, and we can't help but want to do the right thing.

We want love and companionship and respect and friendship and equality and freedom and justice. The difference between us is in how we get those things: men seek them through power, money, and status; women through relationships, kindness, and support. Part of our desire for these things comes from who we are as humans; part of it comes from how we were raised; part of it comes from the culture we live in; part of it comes from how we feel about ourselves.

For some women, the way they were raised may have taught them to believe they shouldn't expect anything in return for their kindness; for others it may have taught them to believe they shouldn't expect anything in return at all.

Source: Shirley

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