Hanna Rosin

“Previously, young children had to be shown by their parents how to use a mouse or a remote, and the connection between what they were doing with their hand and what was happening on the screen took some time to grasp. But with the iPad, the connection is obvious, even to toddlers.”

“Maybe there's something about the outsiderness of being Jewish that makes for a fiery feminist type.”

“Breast-feeding does not belong in the realm of facts and hard numbers; it is much too intimate and elemental.”

“Where older religions promised heaven, the church of yoga promises quicker, more practical, earthly gratification, in the form of better heart rates and well-toned arms.”

“With the Jews, the questions are always open; we're always questioning. I love that questioning tradition.”

“For women in, say, Alabama, 'feminism' is a dirty word. They would never march in the streets. But although they don't think of themselves as the beneficiaries of feminism, they are.”

“If my own current husband was suddenly a stay-at-home dad, it would be emasculating. That would be hard for me.”

“To apply for a gifted program, children as young as 4 are required to sit through hour-long verbal exams.”

“Women have taken on traditionally masculine roles and professions, and there is no real equivalent for men. Men are still extremely reluctant, as we all are reluctant to see them, take on traditionally feminine roles or professions. That is just not something that they do easily.”

“Women have a tendency not to give up realms once they take over new ones. We are still proprietary over the domestic realm even as we take over new professional realms, and that is a real problem.”

“Every new medium has, within a short time of its introduction, been condemned as a threat to young people. Pulp novels would destroy their morals, TV would wreck their eyesight, video games would make them violent.”

“There are always signs that a reign is ending, and they are usually spotted not in the king himself but in his court. In the inner circle, latent jealousies between advisers spill into open conflict, as they angrily debate who is to blame for the calamity, chewing over each other's past errors and pointing the finger at old and nascent enemies.”

“Every congresswoman surely endures the same strains that drive some of her male colleagues to have affairs: lots of travel, families far away, heady work that makes a domestic routine seem distant and boring. But the stakes are much higher for women, because they are still judged by a different standard.”

“Although they are unfailingly gracious, evangelicals are not so good at respecting professional boundaries.”

“Factories not what they used to be - they're all extremely high-tech.”

“Yes, the upper reaches of society are still dominated by men.”

“There is no 'natural' order, only the way things are.”

“Because women have been marginalised, they're more likely to behave like immigrants and continue to push themselves forward in order to avoid falling through the cracks, but I don't think a happy ending comes from matriarchy.”

“I grew up in a working-class Israeli family, which was feminist only in its female-dominated structure.”

“One way the Tea Party has benefited female candidates - and the conservative movement generally - is by consciously steering clear of social issues.”