Gender

There's no such thing as a glass ceiling for women. It's just a thick layer of men - Laura Liswood, Council of Women World Leaders

The feeling of strangeness which she conveyed, and yet of having known her always, was a characteristic of that figure which later came to symbolise for me the whole essence of womanhood - Memories, Dreams and Reflections, Flamingo edition 1989, p 19

I cannot be arsed to think a single original thought when I'm surrounded by men. But throw a woman into the mix and usually I have developed a new world order by tea time - Jeremy Clarkson http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/jeremy_clarkson/art…

Women speak and hear a language of connection and intimacy, and men speak and hear a language of status and independence. Men communicate to obtain information,establish their status, and show independence. Women communicate to create relationships, encourage interaction, and exchange feelings - Judy Rosener, America?s Competitive Secret

Women do two thirds of the world?s work?Yet they earn only one tenth of the world?s income and own less than one percent of the world?s property. They are among the poorest of the world?s poor - Barbara Conable Junior