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“Every man harbors an inner female territory ruled by his mother, from whom he can never entirely break free.”

Quote by Camille Paglia

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

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Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism

This book delves into the complexities of sex and gender, examining the intersection of these concepts with feminism. It provides a comprehensive look at the historical and contemporary aspects of gender identity and its impact on society. 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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“The capitalist distribution network, a complex chain of factory, transport, warehouse and retail outlet, is one of the greatest male accomplishments in the history of culture.”

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Book:Sexual Personae

Source: Sexual Personae

“Butchery is not the point of vampirism. Sex - domination and submission - is.”

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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

“Academic Marxists, with their elitist sense of superiority to popular taste, are the biggest snobs in America.”

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Book:Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays

Source: Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays

“Beware of the manipulativeness of rich students who were neglected by their parents. They love to turn the campus into hysterical psychodramas of sexual transgression, followed by assertions of parental authority and concern. And don't look for sexual enlightenment from academe, which spews out mountains of books but never looks at life directly.”

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Book:Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays

Source: Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays

“Sappho and Emily Dickinson are the only woman geniuses in poetic history.”

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Author:Camille Paglia

“The followers of Derrida are pathetic, snuffling in French pockets for bits of pieces of a deconstructive method already massively and coherently presented and with a mature sense of the sacred in Buddhism and Hinduism.”

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Book:Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays

Source: Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays

“The piddling ignoramuses who deny that there is a distinct, discernible, objective western tradition are just woozy literati.”

Tradition Western Deny Objectives

Author:Camille Paglia

“Economic analysis is the first principle of Marxism. Professors who were genuine leftists would have challenged the entire economics-driven machinery of American academe the wasteful multidepartmental structure, the divisive pedantry of overspecialization, the cronyism and sycophancy in recruitment and promotion, the boondoggling ostentation of pointless conferences, the exploitation of graduate students and part-time teachers, the subservience of faculty to overpaid administrators, the mediocrity and folly of the ruling cliques of the Modern Language Association.”

Source: Vamps & Tramps: New Essays

“All men even, I have written, Jesus Christ began as flecks of tissue inside a woman's womb. Every boy must stagger out of the shadow of a mother goddess, whom he never fully escapes.”

Men Mother Jesus Christ Boys Written Shadow Jesus Christ Goddess Womb Tissues

Author:Camille Paglia

“Much violence against women originates in emotional territory that they already command. By midlife and early old age, as the hormones of both genders change, women are in total, despotic control of their marriages.”

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Book:Vamps & Tramps: New Essays

Source: Vamps & Tramps: New Essays