“A cynic should never marry an idealist. For the cynic, marriage represents the welcome end of romantic life, with all its agony and ecstasy. But for the idealist, it is only the beginning.” ShouldEndsWelcomeEcstasyCynicismAgonyIdealistCynicRomantic Life Author:Julie Burchill
“Prostitution reinforces all the old dumb clichés about women's sexuality; that they are not built to enjoy sex and are little more than walking masturbation aids, things to be done to, things so sensually null and void that they have to be paid to indulge in fornication, that women can be had, bought, as often as not sold from one man to another. When the sex war is won prostitutes should be shot as collaborators for their terrible betrayal of all women.” MenShouldLittlesWarDoneSexEnjoyFeminismTerribleWalkingShotsBuiltPaidBetrayalSexualityAidsDumbOne ManVoidIndulgeProstitutionMasturbationIndulge InCollaboratorsNull Author:Julie Burchill
“My favourite spectator sport is watching people who should know better searching for something, and often claiming to find it, where it never could be. Women claiming to find feminism in Islam is a good one.” PeopleKnowsShouldSportsFeminismIslamFavouriteSpectators Author:Julie Burchill
“Feminism seeks to turn the biggest, bloodiest carnivore in the world - passion - into a right-on cud-chewing vegan. It can never work. Sex was never meant to be that way. Sex, on the whole, was meant to be short, nasty and brutish. If what you want is cuddling, you should buy a puppy.” IfsWorldWayWantShouldWholeTurnsPassionSexFeminismWhat You WantMeant To BeVeganNastyPuppyWere Meant To BeChewingCuddlingCarnivores Book:Sex & Sensibility Source: Sex & Sensibility
“I won't be going to any New Year's Eve parties because I think they're naff. No one over the age of 15 should bother going to parties.” ThinkingShouldYearsAgePartyBotherNew YearNew Years Eve Author:Julie Burchill
“Sex, on the whole, was meant to be short, nasty and brutish. If what you want is cuddling, you should buy a puppy.” IfsWantShouldWholeSexWhat You WantMeant To BeNastyPuppyWere Meant To BeCuddling Book:Sex & Sensibility Source: Sex & Sensibility
“The Feminist Me says that a woman's right to her own body should be inviolate at all times, free from fear of peeping paps.” ShouldBodyFeministAll TimePeeping Author:Julie Burchill
“I am firmly of the opinion that women who make a lot of effort to hang onto their looks in middle age (unless they are beauties, entertainers or prostitutes) are rather sad, as one should surely have something more substantial to recommend one by this time, such as kindness or cleverness.” ShouldLooksAgeEffortOpinionKindnessMiddleMiddle AgesEntertainersCleverness Author:Julie Burchill
“Prostitution is the supreme triumph of capitalism. When the sex war is won prostitutes should be shot as collaborators for their terrible betrayal of all women, for the moral tarring and feathering they give indigenous women who have had the bad luck to live in what they make their humping ground.” GivingShouldWarSexMoralTerribleShotsCapitalismLuckBetrayalSupremeTriumphIndigenousProstitutionBad LuckCollaborators Author:Julie Burchill
“When the sex war is won prostitutes should be shot as collaborators for their terrible betrayal of all women.” ShouldWarSexTerribleShotsBetrayalProstitutionMasturbationCollaborators Author:Julie Burchill
