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Ann Oakley Quotes

Ann Oakley Quotes & Quotations
Name:
Ann Oakley
Type:
Sociologist
Nationality:
British
Birth year:

  • 1
    Being a good mother does not call for the same qualities as being a good housewife; a dedication to keeping children clean and tidy may override an interest in their separate development as individuals. Ann-OakleyAnn Oakley
  • 2
    Clearly, society has a tremendous stake in insisting on a woman's natural fitness for the career of mother: the alternatives are all too expensive. Ann-OakleyAnn Oakley
  • 3
    Families are nothing other than the idolatry of duty. Ann-OakleyAnn Oakley
  • 4
    Housework is work directly opposed to the possibility of human self-actualization. Ann-OakleyAnn Oakley
  • 5
    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-OakleyAnn Oakley
  • 6
    There are always women who will take men on their own terms. If I were a man I wouldn't bother to change while there are women like that around. Ann-OakleyAnn Oakley