“Women oppose change, receive passively, and add nothing of their own.”

—  Sigmund Freud

Alledgedly written in 'The Psychical Consequences of the Anatomic Distinction Between the Sexes', but Freud neither says this nor argues this exact sentiment. Possible originates from Donna Stewart https://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/pn.36.14.0009
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Austrian neurologist known as the founding father of psycho… 1856–1939

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