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Shulamith Firestone Quotes

Feminism, when it truly achieves its goals, will crack through the most basic structures of our society Picture Quote #1

...he will go to his grave feeling cheated, never realizing that there isn’t much difference between one woman and the other, that it is the loving that creates the difference Picture Quote #1

Just as the end goal of socialist revolution was not only the elimination of the economic class privilege but of the economic class distinction itself, so the end goal of feminist revolution must be, ... not just the elimination of the male privilege, but of the sex distinction itself; genital differences between human beings would no longer matter culturally Picture Quote #1

Women were the slave class that maintained the species in order to free the other half for the business of the world Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The ‘natural’ is not necessarily a ‘human’ value. Humanity has begun to transcend nature: we can no longer justify the maintenance of a discriminatory sex class system on grounds of its origins in nature. Indeed, for pragmatic reasons alone it is beginning to look as if we must get rid of it Picture Quote #1

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He has let her in not because he genuinely loved her, but only because she played so well into his preconceived fantasies Picture Quote #1

But in psychoanalysis there are no unimportant thoughts; there are only thoughts that pretend to be unimportant in order to not be told Picture Quote #1

No matter how many levels of consciousness one reaches, the problem always goes deeper Picture Quote #1

The personal is political Picture Quote #1

Romanticism is a cultural tool of male power to keep women from knowing their conditions Picture Quote #1

Women and love are underpinnings. Examine them and you threaten the very structure of culture Picture Quote #1

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To be worshiped is not freedom Picture Quote #1

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, will not be given up without a struggle Picture Quote #1

Women were the slave class that maintained the species in order to free the other half for the business of the world Picture Quote #1

Men are thinking, writing, and creating, because women were pouring their energy into those men; women are not creating culture because they are occupied with love Picture Quote #1

It is only after we have integrated the dark side of the moon into our world view that we can begin to talk seriously of universal culture Picture Quote #1

Just as the end goal of socialist revolution was not only the elimination of the economic class privilege but of the economic class distinction itself, so the end goal of feminist revolution must be,... not just the elimination of the male privilege, but of the sex distinction itself; genital differences between human beings would no longer matter culturally Picture Quote #1

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If women are differentiated only by superficial physical attributes, men appear more individual and irreplaceable than they really are Picture Quote #1

... he will go to his grave feeling cheated, never realizing that there isn’t much difference between one woman and the other, that it is the loving that creates the difference Picture Quote #1

Thus her whole identity hangs in the balance of her love life. She is allowed to love herself only if a man finds her worthy of love Picture Quote #1

A revolutionary in every bedroom cannot fail to shake up the status quo. And if it is your wife that is revolting, you can’t just split to the suburbs. Feminism, when it truly achieves it’s goals, will crack through the most basic structures of our society Picture Quote #1

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Feminism, when it truly achieves its goals, will crack through the most basic structures of our society (Shulamith Firestone Quotes) ...he will go to his grave feeling cheated, never realizing that there isn’t much difference between one woman and the other, that it is the loving that creates the difference. (Shulamith Firestone Quotes) Just as the end goal of socialist revolution was not only the elimination of the economic class privilege but of the economic class distinction itself, so the end goal of feminist revolution must be, ... not just the elimination of the male privilege, but of the sex distinction itself; genital differences between human beings would no longer matter culturally. (Shulamith Firestone Quotes) Women were the slave class that maintained the species in order to free the other half for the business of the world ... (Shulamith Firestone Quotes) 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 (Shulamith Firestone Quotes) The ‘natural’ is not necessarily a ‘human’ value. Humanity has begun to transcend nature: we can no longer justify the maintenance of a discriminatory sex class system on grounds of its origins in nature. Indeed, for pragmatic reasons alone it is beginning to look as if we must get rid of it (Shulamith Firestone Quotes) He has let her in not because he genuinely loved her, but only because she played so well into his preconceived fantasies (Shulamith Firestone Quotes) But in psychoanalysis there are no unimportant thoughts; there are only thoughts that pretend to be unimportant in order to not be told (Shulamith Firestone Quotes) No matter how many levels of consciousness one reaches, the problem always goes deeper (Shulamith Firestone Quotes) The personal is political (Shulamith Firestone Quotes) Romanticism is a cultural tool of male power to keep women from knowing their conditions (Shulamith Firestone Quotes) Women and love are underpinnings. Examine them and you threaten the very structure of culture (Shulamith Firestone Quotes) To be worshiped is not freedom (Shulamith Firestone Quotes) Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, will not be given up without a struggle (Shulamith Firestone Quotes) Women were the slave class that maintained the species in order to free the other half for the business of the world (Shulamith Firestone Quotes) Men are thinking, writing, and creating, because women were pouring their energy into those men; women are not creating culture because they are occupied with love (Shulamith Firestone Quotes) It is only after we have integrated the dark side of the moon into our world view that we can begin to talk seriously of universal culture (Shulamith Firestone Quotes) Just as the end goal of socialist revolution was not only the elimination of the economic class privilege but of the economic class distinction itself, so the end goal of feminist revolution must be,... not just the elimination of the male privilege, but of the sex distinction itself; genital differences between human beings would no longer matter culturally (Shulamith Firestone Quotes) If women are differentiated only by superficial physical attributes, men appear more individual and irreplaceable than they really are (Shulamith Firestone Quotes) ... he will go to his grave feeling cheated, never realizing that there isn’t much difference between one woman and the other, that it is the loving that creates the difference (Shulamith Firestone Quotes) Thus her whole identity hangs in the balance of her love life. She is allowed to love herself only if a man finds her worthy of love (Shulamith Firestone Quotes) A revolutionary in every bedroom cannot fail to shake up the status quo. And if it is your wife that is revolting, you can’t just split to the suburbs. Feminism, when it truly achieves it’s goals, will crack through the most basic structures of our society (Shulamith Firestone Quotes)