Every Loss Recapitulates Earlier Losses,

Monotony And Repetition Are Characteristic Of Many Parts Of Life, But These Do Not Become Sources Of Conscious Discomfort Until Novelty And Entertainment Are Built Up As Positive Experiences.

The Caretaking Has To Be Done. "somebody's Got To Be The Mommy." Individually, We Underestimate This Need, And As A Society We Make Inadequate Provision For It. Women Take Up The Slack, Making The Need Invisible As We Step In To Fill It.

Worlds Can Be Found By A Child And An Adult Bending Down And Looking Together Under The Grass Stems Or At The Skittering Crabs In A Tidal Pool.

Fear Is Not A Good Teacher. The Lessons Of Fear Are Quickly Forgotten.

Traditionally In American Society, Men Have Been Trained For Both Competition And Teamwork Through Sports, While Women Have Been Reared To Merge Their Welfare With That Of The Family, With Fewer Opportunities For Either Independence Or Other Team Identifications, And Fewer Challenges To Direct Competition. In Effect, Women Have Been Circumscribed Within That Unit Where The Benefit Of One Is Most Easily Believed To Be The Benefit Of All.