1. Oscar Wilde: "Women always seek out some one to worship them. They can't bear being a mere human being, and as for being the equal of a man - that is the last thing they want."
2. Mason Cooley: "The price of an expensive wife is a husband who's always working."
3. Mignon McLaughlin: "A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle."
4. Doris Lessing: "Men have to prove themselves to women, all the time. To get chosen. And this is true even if they're not in the market."
5. Gloria Steinem: "In a culture driven by male desire, women's attention becomes a commodity and women themselves are reduced to objects of consumption."