Has feminism made us all more conscious? I think it has. Feminist critiques of anthropological masculine bias have been quite important, and they have increased my sensitivity to that kind of issue

Anthropology in general has always been fairly hospitable to female scholars, and even to feminist scholars

The North African mule talks always of his mother's brother, the horse, but never of his father, the donkey, in favor of others supposedly more reputable.

I have a social philosophy; you have political opinions; he has an ideology.

Learning to exist in a world quite different from that which formed you is the condition, these days, of pursuing research you can on balance believe in and write sentences you can more or less live with.

I do think the attempt to raise consciousness has succeeded. People are very aware of gender concerns now

I don't write drafts. I write from the beginning to the end, and when it's finished, it's done