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

Anthropology never has had a distinct subject matter, and because it doesn't have a real method, there's a great deal of anxiety over what it is

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

A scholar can hardly be better employed than in destroying a fear.

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've written a lot of books which are written from the moon - the view from nowhere.

My instincts are always against people who want to fasten some sort of hegemony onto things