Quotes by Shulamith Firestone

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Why postulate a fundamental Hegelian concept of Otherness as the final explanation – and then carefully document the biological and historical circumstances that have pushed the class “women” into such a category – when one has never seriously considered the much simpler and more likely possibility that this fundamental dualism sprang from the sexual division itself?
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Why postulate a fundamental Hegelian concept of Otherness as the final explanation – and then carefully document the biological and historical circumstances that have pushed the class “women” into such a category – when one has never seriously considered the much simpler and more likely possibility that this fundamental dualism sprang from the sexual division itself?
It is dangerous to feel sorry for one’s oppressor – women are especially prone to this failing – but I am tempted to do it in this case. Being unable to love is hell.
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It is dangerous to feel sorry for one’s oppressor – women are especially prone to this failing – but I am tempted to do it in this case. Being unable to love is hell.
The pervasion of image has so deeply altered our very relationships to ourselves that even men have become objects – if never erotic objects.
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The pervasion of image has so deeply altered our very relationships to ourselves that even men have become objects – if never erotic objects.
A mother who undergoes a nine-month pregnancy is likely to feel that the product of all that pain and discomfort ‘belongs’ to her.
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A mother who undergoes a nine-month pregnancy is likely to feel that the product of all that pain and discomfort ‘belongs’ to her.
Emancipated’ women found out that the honesty, generosity, and camaraderie of men was a lie.
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Emancipated’ women found out that the honesty, generosity, and camaraderie of men was a lie.
No matter how many levels of consciousness one reaches, the problem always goes deeper.
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No matter how many levels of consciousness one reaches, the problem always goes deeper.
The bar is the male kingdom. For centuries it was the bastion of male privilege, the gathering place for men away from their women, a place where men could go to freely indulge in The Bull Session.
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The bar is the male kingdom. For centuries it was the bastion of male privilege, the gathering place for men away from their women, a place where men could go to freely indulge in The Bull Session.
The best way to raise a child is to LAY OFF!
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The best way to raise a child is to LAY OFF!
Feminism, when it truly achieves its goals, will crack through the most basic structures of our society.
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Feminism, when it truly achieves its goals, will crack through the most basic structures of our society.
Romanticism is a cultural tool of male power to keep women from knowing their conditions.
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Romanticism is a cultural tool of male power to keep women from knowing their conditions.
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