If they [women] are to be integrated more fully into our society than has been the case so far, changes in individual attitudes of both men and women, adjustments in the labor market, and action by public authorities, will all be necessary.
Alva MyrdalIf only the authorities could be made to realize that the forces leading them on in the armament race are just insane.
Alva MyrdalThe economic and political roots of the conflicts are too strong. Nor can it pretend to create a lasting state of harmonious understanding between men.
Alva MyrdalAs a group, housewives to-day suffer more from social isolation and loss of purpose than any other social group, except, perhaps, the old.
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