Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Jeffrey Weeks

Born: 1945 (age 80)
Bio: Jeffrey Weeks is a gay activist and an historian and sociologist specialising in work on sexuality.
Known for:
- Sexuality (1986)
- Sex, politics, and society (1981)
- Making sexual history (2000)
- The world we have won (2007)