“Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.”
Lois Wyse (1926–2007) American advertising executive
“The weakness of men is the facade of strength; the strength of women is the facade of weakness.”
— Warren Farrell, book The Myth of Male Power
Source: The Myth of Male Power (1993), Part 1: The Myth of Male Power, p. 13.
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