The Hardest Times For Me Were Not

I Find The Question Of Whether Gender Differences Are Biologically Determined Or Socially Constructed To Be Deeply Disturbing.

I've Found That If I Say What I'm Really Thinking And Feeling, People Are More Likely To Say What They Really Think And Feel. The Conversation Becomes A Real Conversation.

Pleasure Is A Sensation. It Is Written Into Our Bodies; It Is Our Experience Of Delight, Of Joy. ... Pleasure Will Become A Marker, A Compass Pointing To Emotional True North.

For A Man To Be A Man, Did He Have To Be A Soldier, Or At Least Prepare Himself For War? For A Woman To Be A Woman, Did She Have To Be A Mother, Or At Least Prepare Herself To Raise Children? Soldiers And Mothers Were The Sacrificial Couple, Honored By Statues In The Park, Lauded For Their Willingness To Give Their Lives To Others.

Both Love And Democracy Depend On Voice -- Having A Voice And Also The Resonance That Makes It Possible To Speak And Be Heard.