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A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe, she can sew a fine seam, she can have a baby, she can use her intuition instead of her brain, but she can't fold a paper in a crowded train.

— Phyllis McGinley

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Where is it written that a smart woman can't also be stacked?

— Padma Lakshmi

Women are very intelligent and not appreciated. We try to pretend that we are not clever, and it's such a pity that we can't show how clever we are.

— Yoko Ono

A wise woman knows how to summon her courage and do what is right, rather than what is easy.

— Suze Orman

A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often.

— Oliver Herford

A man who correctly guesses a woman's age may be smart, but he's not very bright.

— Lucille Ball

A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it.

— Israel Zangwill

Can a woman become a genius of the first class? Nobody can know unless women in general shall have equal opportunity with men in education, in vocational choice, and in social welcome of their best intellectual work for a number of generations.

— Anna Garlin Spencer

When women reassert their relationship with the wildish nature, they are gifted with a permanent and internal watcher, a knower, a visionary, an oracle, an inspiratrice, an intuitive, a maker, a creator, an inventor, and a listener who guide, suggest, and urge vibrant life in the inner and outer world.

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes

✗Opposing Perspectives

The simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult dilemmas with a skill bordering on genius.

— Guy de Maupassant

A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette