I think it's important to see the parallels, and to understand that our masculine and feminine roles are relatively new in human history. Both gender and race are inventions that go deep because we have been raised with them, but they are still inventions.

... if you're a woman, all they can think about your relationship with a politician is that you're either sleeping with him or advising him about clothes.

This is the wisdom: If we bless our bodies, they will bless us.

why is the word 'qualified' applied only to those who have to be more so?

A rejection of the way a woman speaks is often a way of blaming or dismissing her without dealing with the content of what she is saying.

A man can be called ruthless if he bombs a country to oblivion. A woman can be called ruthless if she puts you on hold.

We'll only really know we've succeeded when a mediocre woman does as well as a mediocre man. You shouldn't have to be extraordinary. That's the point!