[on sexual politics] The Golden Rule works for men as written, but for women it should go the other way around. We need to do unto ourselves as we do unto others.

The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is only people moving.

I never expected to be even busier at 81, and doing more of what I love, than when I was 30.

The anti-equality right wing has interests. We have to learn to stand up for our interests. To seek purity is self-defeating and a stereotype in itself: women have to be pure, women are not concerned about money.

When the gender role starts to descend, boys get into the masculine box.

There's more variation among human groups than between human groups.

Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one.