It turns out that we literally don't empathize unless we're physically present - that the oxytocin, the famous "tend and befriend" hormone is not produced unless we're present with all five senses.

A movement happens when people are inspired by somebody, but they do it themselves. You don't wait for someone else. You do it yourself.

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.

If you're raised in a house where it's okay for one group to eat and another to cook, or for one group to get more education money than the other or to be more free than the other, or where one parent gives in to the will of the other or may be verbally or even physically abused by the other. This gives you an idea of human worth.

You're afraid to be close to women. Because it's not masculine to be close to women. The last time you were close to a woman, you were a child.

Whoever has power takes over the noun - and the norm - while the less powerful get an adjective.

It's a big gift to be recognizable as part of something that matters to people, but that's not the same as being responsible for something.