"If an orphan boy and an orphan girl need support, or apply for a marriage grant, the girl is cared for first. The boy may beg, but not the girl. " ~~ Tosefta: Ketubot
"Whether women are better than men I cannot say— but they are certainly no worse. " ~~ Golda Meir
"The bride with beautiful eyes need not worry about her figure." ~~ Talmud: Berakot, 54b
"A good man doesn’t just happen. They have to be created by us women. A guy is a lump like a doughnut." ~~ Roseanne Barr
"The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes." ~~ Bella Abzug
"No man should betroth a woman, sight unseen." ~~ Talmud, Kiddushin
"A wife is one’s heart’s delight." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"A man is easily cajoled, not so the woman. " ~~ Genesis (Bereshit) R.
"Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a God-fearing woman is to be praised." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 31:30
"From birth to age 18, a girl needs good parents, from 18 to 35 she needs good looks, from 35 to 55 she needs a good personality, and from 55 on she needs cash." ~~ Sophie Tucker
"The man who divorces is not in the same situation as a woman divorced." ~~ Talmud, Yevamot
"Our struggle today is not to have a female Einstein get appointed as an assistant professor. It is for a woman schlemiel to get as quickly promoted as a male schlemiel. " ~~ Bella Abzug
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