Quote by Freya Stark

The great and almost only comfort about being a woman is that one can always pretend to be more stupid than one is and no one is surprised.

The great and almost only comfort about being a woman is tha

Summary

This quote suggests that one advantage of being a woman is the ability to feign ignorance without raising eyebrows. It implies that society often expects women to be less intelligent and, therefore, women can navigate situations by downplaying their intelligence without drawing much attention or surprise. This highlights the prevailing stereotypes and biases that women face, as well as the notion that pretending to be less smart can serve as a coping mechanism to navigate gendered expectations and prejudices.

Topics

Women

By Freya Stark

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Always remember that striving and struggle precede success,

Always remember that striving and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

Success

After I read all the medical journals and watched all the do

After I read all the medical journals and watched all the documentaries, I still didn't understand the physical sensation of ticking and where it comes from and what it feels like.

Medical

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Education Graduation

I have not wasted my life trifling with literary fools in ta

I have not wasted my life trifling with literary fools in taverns, as Johnson did, when he should have been shaking England with the thunder of his spirit

George Bernard Shaw

Life Spirit

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machin

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.

Men Work Technology

According to inflation, the more than 100 billion galaxies,

According to inflation, the more than 100 billion galaxies, sparkling throughout space like heavenly diamonds, are nothing but quantum mechanics writ large across the sky. To me, this realization is one of the greatest wonders of the modern scientific age.

Science

He who knows little quickly tells it.

He who knows little quickly tells it.

Italian Proverb

Every man judges his own happiness and satisfaction with lif

Every man judges his own happiness and satisfaction with life in terms of his possession or lack of possession of those things that he considers worthwhile and valuable.

Happiness

What in fact takes place in an election is that two hand pic

What in fact takes place in an election is that two hand picked candidates are propped up before the citizenry, each candidate having been selected by a very small group of politically active people. A minority of the people... then elects one of these hand picked people to rule itself and the majority.

Robert J. Ringer

Politics

It's my first presenting role so I'll be nervous, but it's g

It's my first presenting role so I'll be nervous, but it's going to be great fun. I can't wait to sample the food and meet the celebrities. Hopefully I can inject some of my own glamour.

Nicole Appleton

Food

Democracy is a charming form of government, full of variety

Democracy is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequal alike.

Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe a

Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature!

George Bernard Shaw