11 Quotes by Alison A. Armstrong

Objectification is the female equivalent of emasculation.

You have a good argument, Karen. And, would you be willing to consider this from another point of view?

A compulsion to get married is not the same as a desire to partner.

If you’re always trying to impress me, how come you don’t take out the trash?” The look on his face was priceless. He blurted out in undisguised bewilderment, “That would impress you?

Men do not get credit for their wisdom about partnership. In fact, while they instinctively compete and conceal, men are more compelled to partner than women.

The bigger your commitments, the more help you are going to need.

She’d assumed the prince was for show, and the frog was their true nature being revealed. What if they actually were Princes? And something I did changed them?

Being able to let go of a righteous position is a key to creating partnership.

Women are instinctively motivated by perfection, and the need to be perceived as perfect enough to be pleasing – and therefore, protected and provided for. But not too perfect so as to cause jealousy in other women. This is the source of our drive to improve ourselves, and our fear of standing out at the same time.