to change our realities, we also have to change our myths. As history amply demonstrates, myths and realities go hand in hand.

there are only two basic ways of structuring the relations between the female and male halves of humanity. All societies are patterned on either a dominator model - in which human hierarchies are ultimately backed up by force or the threat of force - or a partnership model, with variations in between.

war and the 'war of the sexes' are neither divinely nor biologically ordained.

When the status and power of women is greater so also is the nation’s general quality of life; when they are lower, so is the quality of life for all.

The link between intimate violence in the home and the international violence of terrorism and war is as tightly bound together as the fingers of a clenched fist.

At the core of every child is an intact human.

People from authoritarian, male-dominated, punitive families tend to vote for "strongman" leaders and for "hard" punitive policies (prisons, wars) rather than "soft" caring policies (healthcare, childcare). Not everyone from this background does. But many people do. And this conditioning can be exploited, as Trump's campaign did, especially in times like ours of economic, social, and technological upheaval.