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I like myself, as I am, more desiring than desirable.
we’re playing too much the victim, the next we don’t fuck right – too bitchy or too much in love – either way, we’re not in tune –
Never before has society demanded as much proof of submission to an aesthetic ideal, or as much body modification, to achieve physical femininity.
What has seeped into our very bones is the idea that our independence is harmful.
“Have babies, it’s wonderful, you’ll feel more fulfilled and feminine than ever,”
The weapons used against our gender are specific, but the method can be applied to men too. A good consumer is an insecure consumer.
the female body belonged to men only to the extent that the male body belonged to industry in times of peace, or to the fatherland, in times of war.
My instinct told me that declaring yourself a rape victim in a police station was like putting yourself back in danger. Cop law is man’s law. Then
And, in any case, you must be a total slut to have escaped alive. Any woman who values her dignity would rather die.
The answer is the same as in every field: money and power are not valued for women.
The women most able to accept masculine domination are obviously those given the top jobs because it is still men who admit or exclude women from the corridors of power.
The less manly the guy, the closer the watch he keeps on women. And conversely the more confident a man is, the better he can handle attitude in women, and female virility.
Being insecure – now that’s femininity.
