Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841–1935) United States Supreme Court justice
Holmes-Laski Letters : The Correspondence of Mr. Justice Holmes and Harold J. Laski, 1916 - 1935 (1953), Vol. 2, p. 942.
1930s
“In civilized societies today … clitoris envy, or womb envy, takes subtle forms. Man's constant need to disparage woman, to humble her, to deny her equal rights, and to belittle her achievements — all are expressions of his innate envy and fear.”
— Elizabeth Gould Davis, book The First Sex
The First Sex, ch. 9 - The Sexual Revolution (1971).
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