“In 1974 I nearly got into a fistfight with some early academic feminists in a restaurant when I casually alluded to a hormonal element in sex differences. It was utterly unacceptable at that time to think or say such a thing... If you have any doubts about the effect of hormones on emotion, libido and aggression, have a chat with a transexual, who must take hormones medically. He or she will set you straight.” IfsThinkingSexDifferencesEmotionDoubtEffectsElementsFeministRestaurantsAcademicAggressionHormonesTime To ThinkLibidoSex Differences Author:Camille Paglia
“Victory [over homophobia] may require five or maybe 20 years. Yet I have no doubt that "don't ask, don't tell" and same-sex adoption bans will be as unspeakable and inexplicable to my grandchildren as counting a slave as three-fifths of a human being.” YearsHumansMayThreeAsksSexHuman BeingsDoubtFiveVictorySlaveNo DoubtAdoptionGrandchildrenCountingBansHomophobiaUnspeakableInexplicableMy Grandchildren Author:Jacob M. Appel
“I often use music as a handle for very emotionally explosive substances: love, sex, God, fear, doubt, politics, the economics of the soul - these are daunting thoughts in the back of my mind that I rarely visit without the safety gloves of song.” MindSoulUseSongSexDoubtEconomicsSafetyHandleSubstanceGlovesOf My MindExplosives Author:Jon Foreman
“When I look back on the years of excessive self-doubt, I wonder how I was able to make my paintings. In part, I managed to paint because I had a desire, as strong as the desire for food and sex, to push through, to make an image that signified.” YearsLooksArtSelfAbleDesireStrongSexWonderDoubtPaintingPaintSelf-doubt Author:Miriam Schapiro
“You don't doubt that the lobby supporting the enactment of same sex-marriage laws in different states is politically powerful, do you?... As far as I can tell, political figures are falling over themselves to endorse your side of the case.” I CanDifferentStatesLawPoliticalFallSexSidesPowerfulCasesDoubtFiguresGayGay MarriageYour Side Author:John Roberts