We know of no culture that has said, articulately, that there is no difference between men and women except in the way they contribute to the creation of the next generation.
Margaret MeadInstead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must have the opportunity to learn that within each range, some people are loathsome and some are delightful.
Margaret MeadInjustice experienced in the flesh, in deeply wounded flesh, is the stuff out of which change explodes.
Margaret MeadMonogamous heterosexual love is probably one of the most difficult, complex and demanding of human relationships.
Margaret MeadWe may say that many, if not all, of the personality traits which we have called masculine or feminine are as lightly linked to sex as are the clothing, the manners, and the form of headdress that a society at a given period assigns to either sex.
Margaret MeadEverybody's suffering is mine but not everybody's murdering ... I do not distinguish for one moment whether my child is in danger or a child in central Asia. But I will not accept responsibility for what other people do because I happen to belong to that nation or that race or that religion. I do not believe in guilt by association.
Margaret Mead