George Bernard Shaw Quote

Women are not angels. They are as foolish as men in many ways; but they have had to devote themselves to life whilst men have had to devote themselves to death; and that makes a vital difference in male and female religion. Women have been forced to fear whilst men have been forced to dare: the heroism of a woman is to nurse and protect life, and of a man to destroy it and court death.


The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism, Chapter 82 (1928)


Women are not angels. They are as foolish as men in many ways; but they have had to devote themselves to life whilst men have had to devote...

Women are not angels. They are as foolish as men in many ways; but they have had to devote themselves to life whilst men have had to devote...

Women are not angels. They are as foolish as men in many ways; but they have had to devote themselves to life whilst men have had to devote...

Women are not angels. They are as foolish as men in many ways; but they have had to devote themselves to life whilst men have had to devote...