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is blessed in that one is no longer addressed as a thing.

one of the blessings of adulthood is that one is no longer addressed as a thing. Kate Millett

is a state during which the world disappears. Language itself. One has nothing to say. Nothing. No small talk, no anecdotes. Nothing can be risked on the board of talk. Because the inner voice is so urgent in its own discourse: How shall I live' How shall I manage the future' Why should I go on'.

During depression the world disappears. Language itself. One has nothing to say. Nothing. No small talk, no anecdotes. Nothing can be risked on the board of talk. Because the inner voice is so urgent in its own discourse: How shall I live' How shall I manage the future' Why should I go on' Kate Millett

 takes as its utopian or revolutionary goal the complete destruction of traditional marriage and the nuclear family.

The complete destruction of traditional marriage and the nuclear family is the 'revolutionary or utopian' goal of feminism. Kate Millett

is really two cultures and the life experiences of these two cultures are utterly different, owing to our social circumstances,.

Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly different. Kate Millett

 was invented by a straight world dealing with its own bisexuality such that queers keep everyone straight as whores keep matrons virtuous.

Homosexuality was invented by a straight world dealing with its own bisexuality. But finding this difficult, and preferring not to admit it, it invented a pariah state, a leper colony for the incorrigible whose very existence, when tolerated openly, was admonition to all. We queers keep everyone straight as whores keep matrons virtuous. Kate Millett

is expressed in a number of ways. One of which is laughter.

Hostility is expressed in a number of ways. One is laughter. Kate Millett

is one of the many ways hostility is expressed.

is the archtypical feminist, because she's not into men she's the independent woman par excellence.

The lesbian is the archtypical feminist, because she's not into men she's the independent woman par excellence. Kate Millett

is an act of simply allowing another to be, live, grow, expand, become. An appreciation that demands and expects nothing in return.

To love is simply to allow another to be, live, grow, expand, become. An appreciation that demands and expects nothing in return. Kate Millett

is so clearly and depressingly inhuman that it turns out that the more genial human traits are assigned to the underclass: Affection, response to sympathy, kindness, cheerfulness.

Perhaps nothing is so depressing an index of the inhumanity of the male-supremacist mentality as the fact that the more genial human traits are assigned to the underclass: affection, response to sympathy, kindness, cheerfulness. Kate Millett

is, for feminism, along with the nuclear family, that whose complete destruction is the 'revolutionary or utopian' goal.

Monogamy and prostitution go together. Kate Millett

is, for feminism, along with marriage, that whose complete destruction is the 'revolutionary or utopian' goal.

is actively at work in language and in cultural tradition which reserves the human condition for the male as a nearly inescapable habit of mind.

In many patriarchies, language, as well as cultural tradition, reserve the human condition for the male. With the Indo-European languages this is a nearly inescapable habit of mind, for despite all the customary pretense that 'man' and 'humanity' are terms which apply equally to both sexes, the fact is hardly obscured that in practice, general application favors the male far more often than the female as referent, or even sole referent, for such designations. Kate Millett

's greatest psychological weapon is simply its universality and longevity. It has a still more tenacious or powerful hold through its successful habit of passing itself off as nature.

Perhaps patriarchy's greatest psychological weapon is simply its universality and longevity. . . . Patriarchy has a still more tenacious or powerful hold through its successful habit of passing itself off as nature. Kate Millett

is repetition. It is not change. Change is something beyond what we call politics. Change is the essence politics is supposed to be the means to bring into being.

Politics is repetition. It is not change. Change is something beyond what we call politics. Change is the essence politics is supposed to be the means to bring into being. Kate Millett

Isn't privacy about keeping taboos in their place Kate Millett

is really the only crime in the penal law where two people are doing a thing mutually agreed upon and yet only one, the female partner, is subject to arrest.

Prostitution is really the only crime in the penal law where two people are doing a thing mutually agreed upon and yet only one, the female partner, is subject to arrest. Kate Millett

is an activity that goes together with monogamy.

is not a revolutionary, but often consist in spinning one's wheels deeper in sand.

To be a rebel is not to be a revolutionary. It is more often by a way of spinning one's wheels deeper in sand. Kate Millett

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