Oakley

Famous quotes containing the word oakley:

“There are always women who will take men on their own terms. If I were a man I wouldn’t bother to change while there are women like that around.”
—Ann Oakley (b. 1944)

“Families are nothing other than the idolatry of duty.”
—Ann Oakley (b. 1944)

“The primary function of myth is to validate an existing social order. Myth enshrines conservative social values, raising tradition on a pedestal. It expresses and confirms, rather than explains or questions, the sources of cultural attitudes and values.... Because myth anchors the present in the past it is a sociological charter for a future society which is an exact replica of the present one.”
—Ann Oakley (b. 1944)