The suffering of either sex -- of the male who is unable, because of the way in which he was reared, to take the strong initiating or patriarchal role that is still demanded of him, or of the female who has been given too much freedom of movement as a child to stay placidly within the house as an adult -- this suffering, this discrepancy, this sense of failure in an enjoined role, is the point of leverage for social change.

Famous Quotes / Margaret Mead

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Margaret Mead: "The suffering of either sex -- of the male who is unable, because of the way in which he was reared, to take the strong initiating or patriarchal role that is still demanded of him, or of the female who has been given too much freedom of movement as a child to stay placidly within the house as an adult -- this suffering, this discrepancy, this sense of failure in an enjoined role, is the point of leverage for social change."

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Adult	Because	Change	Child
Demanded	Discrepancy	Either	Enjoined
Failure	Female	Freedom	Given
House	Initiating	Leverage	Male
Movement	Patriarchal	Placidly	Point
Reared	Role	Sense	Social
Stay	Still	Strong	Suffering
Take	Unable	Within

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The suffering of either sex -- of the male who is unable, because of the way in which he was reared, to take the strong initiating or patriarchal role that is still demanded of him, or of the female who has been given too much freedom of movement as a child to stay placidly within the house as an adult -- this suffering, this discrepancy, this sense of failure in an enjoined role, is the point of leverage for social change. - Margaret Mead