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"Tales of Passion" - In one of the most beloved talks from TED2007, novelist Isabel Allende talks about writing, women, passion, feminism. She tells the stories of powerful women she has known, some larger-than-life (listen for a beauty tip from Sophia Loren), and some simply living with grace, dignity and ingenuity in a world that, in too many ways, still treats women unjustly.

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Gumpster : LVL 20: VP 2.9: said:

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0 votes NegativePositive

328 days 5 hours ago...

Wow she sure got a aplause at the end!

MeBored : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

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5 votes NegativePositive

328 days 3 hours ago...

Why are women`s feet smaller than men`s?
So they are closer to the sink and stove.

Why don`t women need a watch?
There`s a clock on the stove.

Yes I know, being a jerk, etc... vote me down then.

ryan5439 : LVL 30: VP 3.9: said:

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0 votes NegativePositive

327 days 22 hours ago...

i would put her outside.

watersnake6 : LVL 21: VP 3: said:

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2 votes NegativePositive

327 days 21 hours ago...

Nope it was funny so positive votes

razorfane : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

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0 votes NegativePositive

327 days 18 hours ago...

what`s does a bbq grill and a woman have in common?

they both get on fours and warm a sausage.

Vizreel : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

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327 days 17 hours ago...

With all do respect, women cannot lead a government or establish peace upon human kind. Women are proven to have a higher IQ ratio than men BUT men don`t quarrel on beauty tips or gossip all day.

When I was a kid I put all women on a pedestal, you know... the ol` "never hit a girl" or "don`t talk dirty in front of a lady" and so on. I believe we all used to abide by that, and as we mature we start seeing things a little bit different.
Women squander all their potential on day to day trifles and can only think so far as relationships, cosmetics, fashion, money, and you know the rest.
We on the other hand aspire to great things, the in between is meaningless.

To show my point, have you ever seen women talk about politics, or philosophy, or science?
It`s not that they`re stupid (quite the contrary) or interested, but the information exchanged between them always leads to the aforementioned subjects. You can ask a woman about science, and she`ll probably know all about it, but she would much rather talk about fashion or other people (Isabel Allende herself talked on and on about Sophia Loren although it could`ve been truncated in a few simple words).

To be strictly objective, it appears men`s evolution went towards the progressive, or future thinking while women`s thinking is usually limited to the present and past. Always count on a woman to take care of things, and count on a man that he WILL take care of things.

I think that men are the leaders of the world because women let them to be, cause they`re too busy choosing the redder lipstick probably. Men are extremely easy to manipulate by women.
The perfect woman is a women who realizes that she is a woman. I`m tired of all this equal rights crap, I don`t wanna be forced into punching a girl. It`s true that equal rights in other cultures means a lot (such as the extremist islamic countries where they`re treated horribly) and I completely stand by that but be sure they`re asking for a helping hand before you offer it and waste your effort.

sploing : LVL 12: VP 2.1: said:

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327 days 16 hours ago...

unfortunately women are as easily corrupted by power as men

passion is worthless without thought

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