Many men are afraid of being influenced by women, but as far as my experience goes, this is a foolish fear. It seems to me that men need women, and women need men, mentally as much as physically. For my part, I owe a great deal to women whom I have loved, and without them I should have been far more narrow-minded.
Source: The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell, v.１, chap. 7： Cambridge Again, 1967
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