Every congresswoman surely endures the same strains that drive some of her male colleagues to have affairs: lots of travel, families far away, heady work that makes a domestic routine seem distant and boring. But the stakes are much higher for women, because they are still judged by a different standard. Hanna Rosin Read Quote
Women had a rights movement where they fought for changes. Men… don’t band together in quite that way. It happens not in such a public-cascade way as in a house-to-house way. Hanna Rosin Read Quote
Blog culture has a hard time digesting narratives, but it has an easy time digesting ‘big ideas’ pieces. Hanna Rosin Read Quote
There are always signs that a reign is ending, and they are usually spotted not in the king himself but in his court. In the inner circle, latent jealousies between advisers spill into open conflict, as they angrily debate who is to blame for the calamity, chewing over each other’s past errors and pointing the finger at old and nascent enemies. Hanna Rosin Read Quote
I could do a franchise for the end of everything. ‘The End of Dogs,’ ‘The End of Cats.’ Hanna Rosin Read Quote
The launch of a space shuttle can still make you weep with amazement and wonder, if you happen to be watching it. Hanna Rosin Read Quote
Fixing things around the house was the last bastion of manliness. But now, even that is getting taken away. As women become more economically independent, they are starting to fix things around the house for themselves. Hanna Rosin Read Quote
As we get used to women in power, we are likely to discover that they behave much like powerful men – vain, entitled, always looking for more. Hanna Rosin Read Quote
We’ve heard that the hookup culture is destroying us. We’ve heard that it’s saving us. We’ve heard that it’s racist. We’ve agonized over which one of these is true. Hanna Rosin Read Quote
