Quotes from Suzanne Venker

If the ultimate goal is lasting love, women are going to have to become comfortable with sacrifice and capitulation. Because those are the underpinnings of a long-term marriage – for both sexes.

Does rejecting feminism mean rejecting women's equality? No, because that's not what feminism is about. Rejecting feminism means recognizing that women don't need feminism to make them equal to men because they already are equal--just not the same.

Anyone can be bored or unfulfilled at virtually any job. How one chooses to respond to boredom is key. Most women are resourceful: when faced with boredom, they find a way out. That's an essential skill. Those who don't have it will suffer, to be sure, but that is not society's problem.

People who succeed do not expect every company to reward fairly; they screen for companies that will recognize their contribution," wrote Warren Farrell, Ph.D. in The Myth of Male Power.2

no amount of money in the world can make up for parental absence. It's one of life's harshest realities.

Conservatism is a natural state because it accepts human nature as it is, rather than trying to fight it.

Men know women are powerful, and we don't mind that one bit. It empowers us that you're empowered," writes clinical psychiatrist Paul Dobransky, M.D. "Unless, that is, you disempower us in order to feel empowered."3

Gender relations are dependent on men being men and women being women.

According to a 2007 report from the National Bureau of Economic Research, "As women have gained more freedom, more education, and more power, they have become less happy."13

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. —C. S. Lewis

It is our sincere hope that this book helps support Americans who don't believe women in this country are oppressed, who know government is not the solution to women's problems, who don't believe marriage and motherhood are outdated institutions, who think men are as important as women, who think gender roles are good and exist for a reason, and who see the mainstream media for who they are.

But most men don't expect women to do all the work at home. They just don't care whether or not the laundry gets done or the beds get made. That's a critical distinction.

there has never been a better time for women to have it all. A feminist or left-wing approach to life will not help women achieve this goal. A conservative approach will.