“Intercourse was now forbidden to everyone but married people; bundling disappeared. In its place young courting couples engaged in "petting"--which, interpreted broadly,… — Leora Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
“Watching Paris is Burning, I began to think that the many yuppie-looking, straight -acting, pushy, predominantly white folks in the audience were… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
Take a shot in front of D.L. Probing for a vein in my dirty bare foot... Junkies have no shame... They are… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
“When assaulted by sexual knowledge for the first time, a girl plunges into a period of blackness, which is required in order… — Joan Gould Copy Share Image
“Teaching and learning _religious plurality often ends up privileging religious _texts_ over _practice_ and largely ignoring the social and historical contexts and… — Namsoon Kang Copy Share Image
Sex can no longer be the germ, the seed of fiction. Sex is an episode, most properly conveyed in an episodic manner,… — Elizabeth Hardwick Copy Share Image
“Originally and naturally, sexual pleasure was the good, the beautiful, the happy, that which united man with nature in general. When sexual… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
“Cosmopolitanism seeks a _we_ that does not rely on the exclusion of _others_ but, instead, recognizes and confirms each other as part… — Namsoon Kang Copy Share Image
“For Hitschmann and Bergler, 'frigidity' had a single criterion: 'absence of the vaginal orgasm.' The standard was unqualified and absolute. A woman… — Hanne Blank Copy Share Image
We are born into a world in which sexual possibilities are narrowly circumscribed. . . . We are programmed by the culture… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
“Until recently the locus of sexual fantasy was peopled with images actually glimpsed or were sensations actually felt, or private imaginings taken… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
I'd gone through life being obsessed about my sexuality. People would ask about relationships, girlfriends, you start referring to people as 'they'… — Calum Scott Copy Share Image
“When her gaze landed upon his lips, he scooted closer and brushed his mouth over hers. Fire ignited low in his belly… — D.A. Rhine Copy Share Image
I thought that I was in heaven But I was sure surprised Heaven help me, I didn't see The devil in your… — Elvis Presley Copy Share Image
Horror need not always be a long-fanged gentleman in evening clothes or a dismembered corpse or a doctor who keeps a brain… — Vincent Canby Copy Share Image
“Whenever one comes to the the table for interreligous dialogue, there is what I would call an _ecumenical taboo_ that one has… — Namsoon Kang Copy Share Image
Soil is a resource, a living, breathing entity that, if treated properly, will maintain itself. It's our lifeline for survival. When it… — Marjorie Harris Copy Share Image
What drives me is a sense of urgency. We live in frightening times. Progress towards gender equality and vital battles to end… — Catherine Mayer Copy Share Image
“Viagra isn't the only drug being prescribed off-label for women with arousal problems. Los Angeles urologist Jennifer Berman told me some doctors… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
The pain of sexual frustration, of repressed tenderness, of denied curiosity, of isolation in the ego, of greed, suppressed rebellion, of hatred… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
As it is with medicine, or physics, certain laws will always apply when an action is implemented. When your doctor routinely examines… — Johnny Luckett Copy Share Image
We need to imagine a world in which every woman is the presiding genius of her own body. In such a world… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
“You," Seven pronounced, "are a train wreck of sexual history." But this is inaccurate. A runaway train is an accident. Me, I'll… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“All acts of sex were forms of degradation. ... What do you do with the Serious Young Woman (short hair, flat shoes,… — Chris Kraus Copy Share Image
“We fell in love with that little peep-show projection on the inside of an iris, pictures that amount to nothing more than… — James Curcio Copy Share Image
Right now everything is pumped up. Cars look like someone took an air pump and pumped them up. They look engorged. Lips… — Tom Ford Copy Share Image
In our society, talking about sex is still a taboo, and of course many village chiefs don't want to hear about that… — Ousmane Sembene Copy Share Image
“Males of all species are made for wooing females, and females typically choose among their suitors. If you take a closer look,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I'm not really a musician. I'm a performer, and I love rock n' roll. I've embraced rock n' roll because it encompasses… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
In the fifties, you have your beauty as a treat. I thought that until I hit the sixties.In your sixties, life decides… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
As I read more and more fairy tales as an adult, I found massive collusion between their 'subjects' and those in my… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
There are students whose religious upbringing is going to make them feel uncomfortable in a class where certain kinds of secular ideas… — Joan Wallach Scott Copy Share Image
You can't be protein deficient without being calorie deficient because even if you take the foods that have the least amount of… — T. Colin Campbell Copy Share Image
I think that women have a construction of their sexuality put on them from a very young age that says exclusivity is… — Guy Branum Copy Share Image
I hired a publicist once I got cast in 'Passing Strange,' and one of the first conversations we had was about how… — Colman Domingo Copy Share Image
There's prejudice everywhere. I don't think the music industry is as bad as the movie industry. But I have taken a few… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
“The psychologist Charles Moser, for example, pointed out that those inclined to divide the "sane" from the "insane" in terms of frequency… — Jesse Bering Copy Share Image
In my neighborhood if you had a nice car, you know what they said about it? You didn't pay for it. If… — Rich Paul Copy Share Image
Whats the biggest commercial for aggression, sexuality and materialism? What gets pumped into these kids heads? Taking someone elses girl, which is… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
Sex was like a world so mysterious to me, I really couldn't believe there was this fantastic texture to life that I… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
