Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Gilbert Herdt
Born: February 24, 1949 (age 75)
Bio: Gilbert H. Herdt is Professor of Human Sexuality Studies and Anthropology and a Founder of the Department of Sexuality Studies and National Sexuality Resource Center at San Francisco State University.
Known for:
- The Sambia : ritual and gender in New Guinea (1987)
- Guardians of the flutes (1981)
- Sambia sexual culture (1999)
- Human Sexuality: Self, Society and Culture (2013)