Are Men Necessary? Quotes

“Settling is about not embracing what is best for you and accepting what you really don't want. When you settle, you accept less than you deserve. Settling becomes a habit and a way of life, but it doesn't have to be. According to Maureen Dowd, "The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for”
― Maureen Dowd, Are Men Necessary?: When Sexes Collide

“I don't understand men. I don't even understand what I don't understand about men.”
― Maureen Dowd, Are Men Necessary?: When Sexes Collide

“We no longer have natural selection. We have unnatural selection. Survival of the fittest has been replaced by survival of the fakest.”
― Maureen Dowd, Are Men Necessary?: When Sexes Collide

“Women are affected by lunar tides only once a month; men have raging hormones every day.”
― Maureen Dowd, Are Men Necessary?: When Sexes Collide

“Who knows? If women all end up with the same face and body, men may gravitate toward the quirky. Then the chicks with the laugh lines and love handles will be the lucky ones.”
― Maureen Dowd, Are Men Necessary?: When Sexes Collide

“Instead of broadening the choices of how to look good, we have only broadened the ways we try to look alike. Women are headed toward one face, one body and one expression.”
― Maureen Dowd, Are Men Necessary?: When Sexes Collide

“We've become a nation of Frankensteins, and our monster is us. With everyone working so hard at altering their facades, we no longer have natural selection. We have unnatural selection.”
― Maureen Dowd, Are Men Necessary?: When Sexes Collide

“Women fear that men will have their way and then slither away. Men fear that women will come back and boil their bunnies.”
― Maureen Dowd, Are Men Necessary?: When Sexes Collide

“American women are evolving backward--becoming more focused on their looks than ever. Feminism has been defeated by narcissism.”
― Maureen Dowd, Are Men Necessary?: When Sexes Collide

“It is men's worst fear, personally and professionally, that women will pin the sin on them.”
― Maureen Dowd, Are Men Necessary?: When Sexes Collide

“We had the Belle Epoque. Now we have the Botox Epoque, permeated by plastic emotions from antidepressants and plastic veneers from collagen, silicone, cosmetic surgery and Botox.”
― Maureen Dowd, Are Men Necessary?: When Sexes Collide

“Women can stand on the Empire State Building and scream to the heavens that they are equal to men and liberated, but until they have the same anatomy, it's a lie. It's more of a man's world today than ever. Men can eat their cake in unlimited bakeries.”
― Maureen Dowd, Are Men Necessary?: When Sexes Collide

“Women have become so obsessed with not withering, they've forgotten that there are infinite ways to be beautiful.”
― Maureen Dowd, Are Men Necessary?: When Sexes Collide

“{My mom] long ago advised me, when I was feeling blue or self-doubting about men, that the best thing to do was go out and buy a red lipstick or a red dress. 'It will be your red badge of courage,' she said.”
― Maureen Dowd, Are Men Necessary?: When Sexes Collide