I shouted out, "Let me alone." But he only smiled, "Not yet." Then I was put on a wheel which was moving, and suddenly I was pushed to move around and around.

"Accents convey important information about the speaker's social background," she says, adding that accents offer a quick way to determine whether someone is part of our own group or an outsider.

Gloria Steinem once said a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle. That's nonsense.