Jane Goodall
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And, you know, there's another thing that some women really want to be homemakers. And yet it's getting so that they're despised. You want to stay at home and you want to cook and you want to look after your children instead of being out there having a career and... you know, standing up shoulder to shoulder with your male counterparts, well, that's wrong too.
Because if that makes you really happy, then your children will be happy, your husband, if you have one, or your boyfriend or whoever probably will be happy. And happiness is so important. It's the king of Bhutan who made this happiness index.
Because if that makes you really happy, then your children will be happy, your husband, if you have one, or your boyfriend or whoever probably will be happy. And happiness is so important. It's the king of Bhutan who made this happiness index.
Because if that makes you really happy, then your children will be happy, your husband, if you have one, or your boyfriend or whoever probably will be happy. And happiness is so important. It's the king of Bhutan who made this happiness index.
And it's fascinating to see, you know, that getting more and more money and more and more fame and more and more, you know, doesn't necessarily make people happy.
And it's fascinating to see, you know, that getting more and more money and more and more fame and more and more, you know, doesn't necessarily make people happy.
And it's fascinating to see, you know, that getting more and more money and more and more fame and more and more, you know, doesn't necessarily make people happy.
Yeah. And, you know, if we go back to the child, if the most important thing for the child is to be supported by two, three, four people who are consistently there, it doesn't have to be the biological mother. So... I met the chief of a Latin American indigenous tribe, and he said to me, he said, Jane, we see our tribe as like an eagle.
Yeah. And, you know, if we go back to the child, if the most important thing for the child is to be supported by two, three, four people who are consistently there, it doesn't have to be the biological mother. So... I met the chief of a Latin American indigenous tribe, and he said to me, he said, Jane, we see our tribe as like an eagle.
Yeah. And, you know, if we go back to the child, if the most important thing for the child is to be supported by two, three, four people who are consistently there, it doesn't have to be the biological mother. So... I met the chief of a Latin American indigenous tribe, and he said to me, he said, Jane, we see our tribe as like an eagle.
One wing is male, the other wing is female, and only when they're equal will the tribe fly high.
One wing is male, the other wing is female, and only when they're equal will the tribe fly high.
One wing is male, the other wing is female, and only when they're equal will the tribe fly high.
No, they don't. And you know, thing is, there are female characteristics and male characters. We all have both. But basically, we need both. We need the sort of more dominating male characteristics to stand up to things in life that might knock us down. But we need the more nurturing role of the woman.
No, they don't. And you know, thing is, there are female characteristics and male characters. We all have both. But basically, we need both. We need the sort of more dominating male characteristics to stand up to things in life that might knock us down. But we need the more nurturing role of the woman.
No, they don't. And you know, thing is, there are female characteristics and male characters. We all have both. But basically, we need both. We need the sort of more dominating male characteristics to stand up to things in life that might knock us down. But we need the more nurturing role of the woman.
But, you know, it's so sad. I've lived long enough to see this pendulum swing moving towards change. oh, we need more males, we need more in this society, we need to have a masculine society to deal with what we're going through. That's not right.
But, you know, it's so sad. I've lived long enough to see this pendulum swing moving towards change. oh, we need more males, we need more in this society, we need to have a masculine society to deal with what we're going through. That's not right.
But, you know, it's so sad. I've lived long enough to see this pendulum swing moving towards change. oh, we need more males, we need more in this society, we need to have a masculine society to deal with what we're going through. That's not right.
No, I've never felt lonely. And some of the happiest days of my life, I did eventually get a degree in Cambridge. And then I went back to Gombe, you know, the chimp study. Yeah. And I could spend hours and hours alone in the rainforest learning, yes, more about the chimpanzees, but also about this complex ecosystem where every plant and animal has a role to play and they're all interdependent.