• Women were "bosses"
• Men were "slaves"
• People who stopped doing mathematics had "died"
• People who physically died had "left"
• Alcoholic drinks were "poison"
• Music was "noise"
• People who had married were "captured"
• People who had divorced were "liberated"
• To give a mathematical lecture was "to preach"
• To give an oral exam to a student was "to torture" him/her.