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by sethg 4991 days ago
Gloria Steinem once remarked that women in our culture are valued when they are young and pretty, while men in our culture are valued when they are old and rich: therefore, as they grow older, women become more radical and men become more conservative.

(As a man, I thought this was a very insightful observation... when I first read it... many years ago. :-)