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“The male orientation of classical Athens was inseparable from its genius. Athens became great not despite but because of its misogyny.”

Quote by Camille Paglia

Book:Sexual Personae

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Sexual Personae

An in-depth exploration of the portrayal of sexuality across various forms of artistic expression, including visual arts, literature, and music. more

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Camille Paglia is an American academic, cultural critic, and author known for her controversial views on a variety of cultural and social issues. Born on April 2, 1947, she has taught at several universities and has written numerous books and articles on topics such as art, literature, and gender studies. more

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Book:Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism

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“The last western society to worship female powers was Minoan Crete. And significantly, that fell and did not rise again.”

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“Visionary idealism is a male art form. The lesbian aesthete does not exist. But if there were one, she would have learned from the perverse male mind.”

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Book:Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson

Source: Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson

“Serial or sex murder, like fetishism, is a perversion of male intelligence. It is a criminal abstraction, masculine in its deranged egotism and orderliness. It is the asocial equivalent of philosophy, mathematics, and music. There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper.”

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Author:Camille Paglia

“I believe that the shocking toll of AIDS on gay men in the West was partly due to their Seventies delusions that a world without women was possible. All-male energies, unbalanced and ravenous, literally tore the body apart.”

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