Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Lailah Gifty Akita

Quote by Lailah Gifty Akita

Author

Lailah Gifty Akita

Browse famous quotes and profile details for Lailah Gifty Akita. more

You May Also Like

“What the world needs now is liberated men who have the qualities Silverstein cites, men who are 'empathetic and strong, autonomous and connected, responsible to self, to family and friends, to society, and capable of understanding how those responsibilities are, ultimately, inseparable.' Men need feminist thinking. It it the theory that supports their spiritual evolution and their shift away from the patriarchal model. Patriarchy is destroying the well-being of men, taking their lives daily.”

MenFeminismFeministManSpiritual GrowthGood ManPatriarchyManhoodMasculinityFeminist QuotesMaleBell HooksMaleness
Book:The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
Create image

“Erotic attraction often serves as the catalyst for an intimate connection between two people, but it is not a sign of love. Exciting, pleasurable sex can take place between two people who do not even know each other. Yet the vast majority of males in our society are convinced that their erotic longing indicates who they should, and can, love. Led by their penis, seduced by erotic desire, they often end up in relationships with partners with whom they share no common interests of values.”

MenLoveSexLove QuotesSexySexualityEroticaSexual AttractionErotica RomancePenisEroticismBell Hooks
Book:All About Love: New Visions
Create image

“There seems to be a fear that if men are raised to be people of integrity, people who can love, they will be unable to be forceful and act violently if needed.... We see that females that are raised with the traits any person of integrity embodies can act with tenderness, with assertiveness, and with aggression if and when aggression is needed.”

MenFeminismIntegrityFeministPatriarchyManhoodMasculinityFeminist QuotesMaleIntegrity QuotesBell HooksMalenessGood Men
Book:The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
Create image

“The best sex and the most satisfying sex are not the same. I have had great sex with men who were intimate terrorists, men who seduce and attract by giving you just what you feel your heart needs then gradually or abruptly withholding it once they have gained your trust. And I have been deeply sexually fulfilled in bonds with loving partners who have had less skill and know-how. Because of sexist socialization, women tend to put sexual satisfaction in its appropriate perspective. We acknowledge its value without allowing it to become the absolute measure of intimate connection. Enlightened women want fulfilling erotic encounters as much as men, but we ultimately prefer erotic satisfaction within a context where there is loving, intimate connection. If men were socialized to desire love as much as they are taught to desire sex, we would see a cultural revolution. As it stands, most men tend to be more concerned about sexual performance and sexual satisfaction than whether they are capable of giving and receiving love.”

MenLoveSexWomenLove QuotesMisogynyPatriarchySexual AttractionSexual SatisfactionSexual Feelings
Book:All About Love: New Visions
Create image

“No wonder then that men who cared, who were open to change, often just gave up, falling back on the patriarchal masculinity they found so problematic. The individual men who did take on the mantle of a feminist notion of male liberation did so only to find that few women respected this shift. Once the 'new man' that is the man changed by feminism was represented as a wimp, as overcooked broccoli dominated by powerful females who were secretly longing for his macho counterpart, masses of men lost interest.”

MenFeminismPatriarchyMasculinityFeminist QuotesMaleFeminist TheoryBell HooksWhippedEnlightened MenFeminist MenWimp
Author:Bell Hooks
Create image