“The human body is not obscene, sexuality is not obscene. But it [pornography] is not sex, it is violence. It encourages acceptance of the idea that violence is a legitimate part of sexuality.” HumansIdeasBodySexViolenceAcceptanceSexualityPornographyHuman BodyObscene Author:Gloria Steinem
“Feminism is not antisexuality. On the contrary. It says that sexuality shouldn't be confused with violence and dominance and that it should be a matter of free choice. It shouldn't be forced on you by economics, including dependence on a husband, or by pressure.” ShouldMatterChoicesViolenceFeminismHusbandEconomicsPressureIncludingSexualityContraryConfusedDependenceDominanceFree Choice Author:Gloria Steinem
“Parents' tolerance of violence is so different to their tolerance of sexuality. If violence is involved in the sexuality it's somehow perceived as entertainment, but if love is involved with sexuality it's seen as pornographic and is not acceptable.” IfsDifferentParentLove IsViolenceInvolvedEntertainmentSexualityToleranceAcceptable Author:Ryan Gosling
“There is a tendency under capitalism system to reduce everything to a kind of commodity fetish, and this order tends to promote extremely conventional and uniform expressions of gender and sexuality in order to promote certain products and lifestyle choices that are commercialized. This necessarily entails a capitulation to heteronormativity, or in the case of the new gay movement, a "homonormativity" that doesn't stray far from the heterosexual paradigm. Anyone who questions these normative values and conventions is subject to disapproval, hostility, or even violence.” KindCertainValuesOrderChoicesCasesViolenceSubjectsMovementExpressionProductsGayCapitalismGenderSexualityLifestyleTendenciesConventionsConventionalUniformsCommodityHostilityParadigmFetishDisapprovalCapitulationLifestyle ChoicesGender And Sexuality Author:Bruce LaBruce
“That both Muslim fundamentalists and the Christian right are today focusing their attempts to regain control in a rapidly changing world on frantic efforts to maintain control over women, particularly over women's sexuality. Moreover, given their mythologies about "holy wars," it is also understandable that they should use "divinely approved" violence to do so.” WorldShouldWarUseTodayChristianReligionGivenWomenEffortViolenceHolySexualityMythologyApprovedFranticChristian RightHoly War Author:Riane Eisler
“Where men come to and women come together most intimately in sexuality in the home has become suffused with violence.” MenHomeTogetherViolenceSexuality Author:Gloria Steinem
“I find it really weird that sexuality is still so taboo in films and violence isn't. It really bewilders me.” StillsFilmViolenceSexualityTabooReally Weird Author:Morgan Saylor
“The violence and sexuality on TV today is exhilarating. You can explore every aspect of society. People's sexual orientations, the violence that goes within that... there are no holds barred.” TodayViolenceSexualityExhilarating Author:Pierce Brosnan