“Society,--the only field where the sexes have ever met on terms of equality, the arena where character is formed and studied, the cradle and the realm of public opinion, the crucible of ideas, the world's university, at once a school and a theater, the spur and the crown of ambition, the tribunal which unmasks pretension and stamps real merit, the power that gives government leave to be, and outruns the lazy Church in fixing the moral sense of the eye.” WorldGivingIdeasRealCharacterGovernmentEyeSchoolSexTermChurchMoralOpinionSocietyFieldsMetsAmbitionTheaterUniversityMeritRealmsLazyCrownsStampsArenaPublic OpinionCradleFixingSpursPretensionCrucibleOutrunTribunals Book:Speeches, Lectures, and Letters Source: Speeches, Lectures, and Letters
“Sexuality ... is at the same time the most personal of realms and also the realm most carefully constrained by social order.” OrderSocialSexSexualityRealmsSocial Order Author:Susan McClary
“The changes in thinking about same-sex marriage have come slowly at first and then in rapid course. If such change is possible in this area, is it also possible in the vexed and sordid realm of race relations?” IfsThinkingFirstsCoursesSexRaceAreasRelationRealmsRapidsRace Relations Author:Barack Obama
“The woman born to physical subjection and degradation can never seek or use knowledge as her birthright. Never till she holds her sex in honor, as man holds his, can she be his equal, even in her own realm.” MenUseSexWomenBornHonorEqualRealmsDegradationBirthrightSubjection Author:Mary C. Ames
“Sex is probably one of the last forms of human expression to enjoy such a direct connection with nature. It might be the primary site of conflict between nature and culture. If one assumes that nature (or instinct) is repressed in a highly civilised society, then I think the conceptual dyad nature-culture is best preserved there, in the realm of sex.” IfsThinkingHumansMightLastsFormCultureSexEnjoyExpressionConflictDirectConnectionsAssumingInstinctPrimariesRealmsSiteRepressedCivilisedCivilised Society Author:Thomas Koerfer
“I view the prostitute as one of the few women who is totally in control of her fate, totally in control of the realm of sex. The lesbian feminists tried to take control of female sexuality away from men - but the prostitute was doing that all along.” MenSexViewsFateFemaleFeministSexualityRealmsTake ControlFemale Sexuality Author:Camille Paglia