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The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong.
The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong.
Whatever they may be in public life, whatever their relations with men, in their relations with women, all men are read more
Whatever they may be in public life, whatever their relations with men, in their relations with women, all men are rapists and that's all they are. They rape us with their eyes, their laws, their codes.
In this society, the norm of masculinity is phallic aggression. Male sexuality is, by definition, intensely and rigidly phallic. A read more
In this society, the norm of masculinity is phallic aggression. Male sexuality is, by definition, intensely and rigidly phallic. A man's identity is located in his conception of himself as the possessor of a phallus; a man's worth is located in his pride in phallic identity. The main characteristic of phallic identity is that worth is entirely contingent on the possession of a phallus. Since men have no other criteria for worth, no other notion of identity, those who do not have phalluses are not recognized as fully human.
It is the woman who chooses the man who will choose her.
It is the woman who chooses the man who will choose her.
Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She read more
Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She doesn't have what it takes." They will say, "Women don't have what it takes. -Clare Boothe Luce.
The most happy marriage I can imagine to myself would be the union of a deaf man to a blind read more
The most happy marriage I can imagine to myself would be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman.
Girls are like butterflies...pretty to look at, too hard to catch.
Girls are like butterflies...pretty to look at, too hard to catch.
Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
Diamonds never leave you... men do!
Diamonds never leave you... men do!
