"Women oppose change, receive passively, and add nothing of their own"
— Sigmund Freud

January 1, 1970

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Alledgedly written in 'The Psychical Consequences of the Anatomic Distinction Between the Sexes', but Freud neither says this nor argues this exact sentiment. Possible originates from Donna Stewart