There is seemingly no biological benefit to acting with conscience; if there were, only moral individuals would survive and procreate. Sadly, we know that's not true. The benefit of conscience is that you won't suffer guilt (private) or shame (public), and that by your own self-imposed definition, you are a moral human, a special kind of animal who takes unique pride in elevating him/herself above the termites.

Women seem not to understand, or underestimate, the profound power they have over their husbands.

It takes courage to have a conscience when you seem to see others getting something tangible out of not bothering to struggle with the morality of a situation. It gets frustrating and demoralizing. This is precisely where character comes in. All throughout history special people have felt compelled to do what they objectively saw as right and good - even in the face of humiliation or rejection or expulsion or torture or death. That is because they believed that certain ideas were more important than individual well-being.

For a long time, I was a career woman and that was it.

You guys on the white horses keep trying to save women in distress, not realizing you just end up with a distressed woman.

If you're gay or lesbian, it's a biological error that inhibits you from relating normally to the opposite sex.

Make decisions from the strong part of you, not the weak.