We are a society that values a man for what he does in the world, a woman for how she looks.
Lillian B. RubinSometimes we choose a friend who mirrors our fantasies, dreams of a self we wish we could be.
Lillian B. RubinHow then can we account for the persistence of the myth that inside the empty nest lives a shattered and depressed shell of a woman--a woman in constant pain because her children no longer live under her roof? Is it possible that a notion so pervasive is, in fact, just a myth?
Lillian B. Rubin