Next to the striking of fire and the discovery of the wheel, the greatest triumph of what we call civilization was the domestication of the human male. (Max Lerner)

Next to the striking of fire and the discovery of the wheel, the greatest triumph of what we call civilization was the domestication of the human male.

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