"Men are restless, adventurous. Women are conservative – despite what current ideology says." ― Doris Lessing Topic(s): Women More From Doris Lessing "There’s an unconscious bias in our society: girls are wonderful; boys are terrible. And to be a boy, or young man, growing up, having to listen to all this, it must be painful." "I hate Iran. I hate the Iranian government. It’s a cruel and evil government." "The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven’t changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don’t change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion." More In Women "Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble; in a statue the marble must be like flesh."― Victor Hugo "I want to empower women."― Alexander McQueen "When I was almost 13 I was ripe for religion. I was actually just plain ripe."― Kathie Lee Gifford