It would be futile to attempt to fit women into a masculine pattern of attitudes, skills and abilities and disastrous to force them to suppress their specifically female characteristics and abilities by keeping up the pretense that there are no differences between the sexes.

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This quote means that it is a bad idea to try to make women act and behave exactly like men. Women have their own unique qualities and talents that are important and should be respected, not ignored or hidden. Trying to force women to be just like men would be a terrible mistake.

About Arianna Huffington

Arianna Huffington is a Greek-American author, businesswoman, and co-founder of The Huffington Post. She has been named one of the world’s most influential people and has authored 15 books, two of which have been dogged by plagiarism allegations. Huffington has also been involved in various business ventures and political campaigns.

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