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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/in-many-patriarchies-language-as-well-as-cultural-tradition-reserve/)

[Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/)

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## More by Kate Millett

> [The rationale which accompanies that imposition of male authority euphemistically referred to as 'the battle of the sexes' bears a certain resemblance to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/the-rationale-which-accompanies-that-imposition-of-male-authority/)

[Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/)

> [No one should be adored, it's fundamentally immoral.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/no-one-should-be-adored-it-s-fundamentally-immoral/)

[Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/)

> [What is the future of the woman's movement How in the hell do I know I don't run it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/what-is-the-future-of-the-woman-s-movement-how-in-the-hell-do-i-know/)

[Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/)

> [Coitus can scarcely be said to take place in a vacuum; although of itself it appears a biological and physical activity, it is set…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/coitus-can-scarcely-be-said-to-take-place-in-a-vacuum-although-of/)

[Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/)

> [The concept of romantic love affords a means of emotional manipulation which the male is free to exploit, since love is the only circumstance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/the-concept-of-romantic-love-affords-a-means-of-emotional/)

[Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/)

> [They weren't crazy. They were tired of being locked up. Even I could see that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/they-weren-t-crazy-they-were-tired-of-being-locked-up-even-i-could/)

[Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/)

> [It may be that a second wave of the sexual revolution might at last accomplish its aim of freeing half the race from its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/it-may-be-that-a-second-wave-of-the-sexual-revolution-might-at-last/)

[Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/)

> [My sister said, You're making it hard for all us housewives in Nebraska.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/my-sister-said-you-re-making-it-hard-for-all-us-housewives-in-nebraska/)

[Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/)

> [I saw hell. The hospital had divided and conquered pretty successfully.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/i-saw-hell-the-hospital-had-divided-and-conquered-pretty-successfully/)

[Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/)

> [I believe there's a killer in all of us. I know there's one inside me. When you know the killer in you and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/i-believe-there-s-a-killer-in-all-of-us-i-know-there-s-one-inside-me/)

[Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/)

> [Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly different.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/because-of-our-social-circumstances-male-and-female-are-really-two/)

[Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/)

> [For it is precisely because certain groups have no representation in a number of recognized political structures that their position tends to be so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/for-it-is-precisely-because-certain-groups-have-no-representation-in/)

[Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/)

> [The image of the woman as we know it is an image created by men and fashioned to suit their needs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/the-image-of-the-woman-as-we-know-it-is-an-image-created-by-men-and/)

[Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/)

> [Men and women were declared equal one morning and everybody could divorce each other by postcard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/men-and-women-were-declared-equal-one-morning-and-everybody-could/)

[Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/)

> [Monogamy and prostitution go together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/monogamy-and-prostitution-go-together/)

[Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/)

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