Randi Hutter Epstein
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“He wrote that if great sex were necessary to make babies, humans would be fossils by now.”
― Get Me Out: A History of Childbirth from the Garden of Eden to the Sperm Bank
― Get Me Out: A History of Childbirth from the Garden of Eden to the Sperm Bank
“Whose interest does egg freezing serve? The woman's or that of an ambitious, still pretty unforgiving culture that doesn't really ever see childbearing for female employees as convenient?”
― Get Me Out: A History of Childbirth from the Garden of Eden to the Sperm Bank
― Get Me Out: A History of Childbirth from the Garden of Eden to the Sperm Bank
“It’s been said that from the moment of the Stockholm awards ceremony, she wore a Nobel Prize charm around her neck (given to her by her husband) and signed every piece of correspondence “Rosalyn Yalow, PhD, Nobel Laureate.” It’s also been said that Yalow tacked a sign on the bulletin board in her laboratory saying, “To be considered half as good as a man, a woman must work twice as hard and be twice as good.” That’s a common feminist maxim. But Yalow added the punch line: “Fortunately, that is not difficult.” Her children dismissed the jewelry/signature talk as the typical bluster of male colleagues. But they remember the sign well.”
― Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything
― Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything
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