These are the quotes I posted yesterday: Quote #1: The woman's desire is to control her husband, to usurp his divinely appointed headship, and he must master her, if he can. Quote #2: It was woman's nature to be ruled by man and her sickness to envy him. I will begin with the second quote. While not directly from Sigmund Freud, this is Betty Friedan's summary of his view of women. Freud is known for diagnosing (or misdiagnosing) the neuroses of women down to one common ailment - envy of male reproductive anatomy. He also believed, "Nature has determined woman's destiny through beauty, charm, and sweetness. Law and custom have much to give women that has surely been withheld from them, but the position of women will surely be what it is: to youth, an adored darling and in mature years, a loved wife." Therefore, any desire outside of these confines, any desire for equality with man was only a symptom of her biological inferiority manifesting itself in ...