--- title: "11 Male Supremacy Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 11 Male Supremacy quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Male Supremacy sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70e/andrea-dworkin-1998_language_male-supremacy-is-fused-into-the-languag_1185728.png" --- > [Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/male-supremacy-is-fused-into-the-language-so-that-every-sentence-both/) [Andrea Dworkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-dworkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70e/andrea-dworkin-1998_language_male-supremacy-is-fused-into-the-languag_1185728.png) > [Male supremacy has kept woman down. It has not knocked her out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clare-boothe-luce/male-supremacy-has-kept-woman-down-it-has-not-knocked-her-out/) [Clare Boothe Luce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clare-boothe-luce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20e/clare-boothe-luce-7669_kept-woman_male-supremacy-has-kept-woman-down-it-ha_1975070.jpg) > [Male supremacy is centered on the act of sexual intercourse, justified by heterosexual practice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheila-jeffreys/male-supremacy-is-centered-on-the-act-of-sexual-intercourse-justified/) [Sheila Jeffreys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheila-jeffreys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/sheila-jeffreys-20069_intercourse_male-supremacy-is-centered-on-the-act-of_1409167.png) > [Lesbianism, politically organized, is the greatest threat that exists to male supremacy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-mae-brown/lesbianism-politically-organized-is-the-greatest-threat-that-exists/) [Rita Mae Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-mae-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/172/rita-mae-brown-1111_culture_lesbianism-politically-organized-is-the_3173286.png) > [Pornography incarnates male supremacy. It is the DNA of male dominance. Every rule of sexual abuse, every nuance of sexual sadism, every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/pornography-incarnates-male-supremacy-it-is-the-dna-of-male-dominance/) [Andrea Dworkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-dworkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baa/andrea-dworkin-1998_abuse_pornography-incarnates-male-supremacy-it_2966637.jpg) > [it is not men that most women worry about when they rise to the defense of the status quo. Their apparent endorsement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gould-davis/it-is-not-men-that-most-women-worry-about-when-they-rise-to-the/) [Elizabeth Gould Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gould-davis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99c/elizabeth-gould-davis-38761_defense_it-is-not-men-that-most-women-worry-abou_1737915.jpg) > [“Please, that is so antiquated. The institutions of male supremacy only have real power over you if you buy into that notion.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-lockhart/please-that-is-so-antiquated-the-institutions-of-male-supremacy-only/) [E. Lockhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-lockhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/e-lockhart-1636_real-power_please-that-is-so-antiquated-the-institu_287824.png) > [Feminism is a political practice of fighting male supremacy on behalf of women as a class, including all the women you don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/feminism-is-a-political-practice-of-fighting-male-supremacy-on-behalf/) [Andrea Dworkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-dworkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ee/andrea-dworkin-1998_be-your-best_feminism-is-a-political-practice-of-figh_175302.jpg) > [“Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it. Thought, experienced primarily as language, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/male-supremacy-is-fused-into-the-language-so-that-every-sentence-both-2/) [Andrea Dworkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-dworkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a3/andrea-dworkin-1998_feminism_male-supremacy-is-fused-into-the-languag_1259554.png) > [“The establishment of the Greek patriarchal world shifted the previous cultural valence from the egalitarian continuity of the Old Religion to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-marler/the-establishment-of-the-greek-patriarchal-world-shifted-the-previous/) [Joan Marler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-marler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8c/joan-marler-49746_male-dominance_the-establishment-of-the-greek-patriarch_2263232.jpg) > [It should not be a surprise to find that s/m fantasy is significant in women's sex lives. Women may be born free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheila-jeffreys/it-should-not-be-a-surprise-to-find-that-s-m-fantasy-is-significant/) [Sheila Jeffreys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheila-jeffreys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/707/sheila-jeffreys-20069_able_it-should-not-be-a-surprise-to-find-that_1936268.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/male-supremacy/#itemlist", "name": "Male Supremacy Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Andrea Dworkin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/male-supremacy-is-fused-into-the-language-so-that-every-sentence-both/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70e/andrea-dworkin-1998_language_male-supremacy-is-fused-into-the-languag_1185728.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70e/andrea-dworkin-1998_language_male-supremacy-is-fused-into-the-languag_1185728.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70e/andrea-dworkin-1998_language_male-supremacy-is-fused-into-the-languag_1185728.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it.” — Andrea Dworkin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Male supremacy has kept woman down. 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It doesn't matter who the individual women are.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Andrea Dworkin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-dworkin/feminism-is-a-political-practice-of-fighting-male-supremacy-on-behalf/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ee/andrea-dworkin-1998_be-your-best_feminism-is-a-political-practice-of-figh_175302.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ee/andrea-dworkin-1998_be-your-best_feminism-is-a-political-practice-of-figh_175302.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ee/andrea-dworkin-1998_be-your-best_feminism-is-a-political-practice-of-figh_175302.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Feminism is a political practice of fighting male supremacy on behalf of women as a class, including all the…” — Andrea Dworkin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it. Thought, experienced primarily as language, is permeated by the linguistic and perceptual values developed expressly to subordinate women. Men have defined the parameters of every subject. All feminist arguments, however radical in intent or consequence, are with or against assertions or premises implicit in the male system, which is made credible or authentic by the power of men to name. No transcendence of the male system is possible as long as men have the power of naming... 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