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Stress was the catch-all every pamper-pedlar I spoke to used to ex

Stress was the catch-all every pamper-pedlar I spoke to used to explain why healthy women feel the need to be regularly patted, petted and preened into a state of babyish beatification. – Julie Burchill

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I dont really care what people tell children – when you believe in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy, one more fib wont hurt. But I am infuriated by the growing notion, posited in some touchy-feely quarters, that all women are, or can be, beautiful. – Julie Burchill

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As I get older I think, contrary to modern assumption but in line with the old Lerner and Lowe song, that it would actually benefit both them and society if – to quote Professor Higgins – a woman could be more like a man. – Julie Burchill

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Most women are wise to the fact that lots of men love a cat-fight, and thus go out of their way not to give them one. – Julie Burchill

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The test of civilization is its estimate of women. – George William Curtis

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Silence is an ornament for women. – Sophocles

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When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable. – Benjamin Spock

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No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not. – H.L. Mencken

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