Biologically Quotes
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Sculpture is, in the twentieth century, a wide field of experience, with many facets of symbol and material and individual calligraphy. But in all these varied and exciting extensions of our experience we always come back tot the fact that we are human beings of such and such a size, biologically the same as primitive man, and that it is through drawing and observing, or observing and drawing, that we equate our bodies with our landscape.
barbara hepworth— Studio International 171 – June 1966, p. 280
If women take their bodies seriously and ideally we should then its full expression, in terms of pleasure, maternity, and physical strength, seems to fare better when women control the means of production and reproduction. From this point of view, it is simply not in women's interest to support patriarchy or even a fabled "equality" with men. That women do so is more a sign of powerlessness than of any biologically based "superior" wisdom.
phyllis chesler— Women and Madness (N.Y.: Palgrave Macmillan, rev'd & updated ed., 1st ed., 2005, ISBN 1-4039-6897-7), pp. 337–338 (page break within "reproduc-"/"tion") (emphases in original), and Women and Madness (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1972, ISBN 0-385-02671-4), p. 287 (emphases in original).
Should or can there be a single standard of behavior for both sexes? Is there such a thing as a biologically rooted female culture that should remain separate from male culture, partly because it is different than or superior to male culture? [¶] Women must convert their love for and reliance on strength and skill in others to a love for all manner of strength and skill in themselves.
phyllis chesler— Women and Madness (2005), p. 346, and see Women and Madness (1972), p. 298 (similar text).
Learned behaviors have replaced the biologically given ones.
Margaret Mead— p.161 (Male and female, 1949)
We are all connected. To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe, atomically.
neil degrasse tyson— From History Channel documentary "The Universe"
Teleology can, and has been, extended to suppose that man is designed not only so as to function biologically in a certain way but also to function ethically in a manner related to his biological nature. ...It is surprising how persistent this belief is.
— Brian L. Silver, The Ascent of Science Ch.26, "Life: The Molecular Battle" (1998)
“As a mother, I know that homosexuals cannot biologically reproduce children; therefore, they must recruit our children.”
— Anita Bryant anti-gay activist and singer.[1]
As a mother, I know that homosexuals cannot biologically reproduce children; therefore, they must recruit our children.
anita bryant— Parting Glances: Oranges & lemons sliced (February 2, 2006)
