Quotes from Lillian B. Rubin

We are a society that values a man for what he does in the world, a woman for how she looks.

The structure of the family is not born in nature but in human design. What we can do, we can also undo.

Women find ways to give sense and meaning to daily life--ways to be useful in the community, to keep mind active and soul growingeven while they change diapers and cook vegetables.

Indeed, it is that ambiguity and ambivalence which often is so puzzling in women

Intimacy. We hunger for it, but we also fear it.

The depth of a friendship - how much it means to us ... depends, at least in part, upon how many parts of ourselves a friend sees, shares and validates.