We Have Lived Through The Era When

I Have Always Thought It Was A Terrible Shame That The Women's Movement Didn't Realise How Much Easier It Was To Reach People By Making Them Laugh Than By Shaking A Fist And Saying, 'don't You See How Oppressed You Are.

No Man Can Be Friends With A Woman He Finds Attractive. He Always Wants To Have Sex With Her. Sex Is Always Out There. Friendship Is Ultimately Doomed And That Is The End Of The Story.

And Don't Be Frightened: You Can Always Change Your Mind. I Know: I've Had Four Careers And Three Husbands.

Well, It Was A Million Tiny Little Things That, When You Added Them All Up, They Meant We Were Supposed To Be Together... And I Knew It. I Knew It The Very First Time I Touched Her. It Was Like Coming Home... Only To No Home I'd Ever Known... I Was Just Taking Her Hand To Help Her Out Of A Car And I Knew. It Was Like... Magic. - Sleepless In Seattle

So Many Of The Conscious And Unconscious Ways Men And Women Treat Each Other Have To Do With Romantic And Sexual Fantasies That Are Deeply Ingrained, Not Just In Society But In Literature. The Women's Movement May Manage To Clean Up The Mess In Society, But I Don't Know Whether It Can Ever Clean Up The Mess In Our Minds.