women are quoted as sources and appear on interview shows much less frequently than men. ... But the by-product of such anonymity may be immortality, for women are also less likely to find themselves written up on the obituary page.
Kathleen Hall JamiesonIncreasingly, campaigns have become narcotics that blur our awareness of problems long enough to elect the lawmakers who must deal with them.
Kathleen Hall JamiesonWomen are penalized both for deviating from the masculine norm and for appearing to be masculine. When women try to establish their competence, they are scrutinized for evidence that they lack masculine (instrumental) characteristics as well as for signs that they no longer possess female (expressive) ones. They are taken to fail, in other words, both as a male and as a female.
Kathleen Hall JamiesonThe assumption that seeing is believing makes us susceptible to visual deception.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson