Perhaps patriarchy's greatest psychological weapon is simply its universality and longevity. ... Patriarchy has a still more tenacious or powerful hold through… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
In many patriarchies, language, as well as cultural tradition, reserve the human condition for the male. With the Indo-European languages this is… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
A sexual revolution begins with the emancipation of women, who are the chief victims of patriarchy, and also with the ending of… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
“It is necessary to realize that the most sacrosanct article of sexual politics in the period, the Victorian doctrine of chivalrous protection… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
“Patriarchy, reformed or unreformed, is patriarchy still: its worst abuses purged or foresworn, it might actually be more stable and secure than… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
When one group rules another, the relationship between the two is political. When such an arrangement is carried out over a long… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
The rationale which accompanies that imposition of male authority euphemistically referred to as 'the battle of the sexes' bears a certain resemblance to the… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
What is the future of the woman's movement How in the hell do I know I don't run it. — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
Coitus can scarcely be said to take place in a vacuum; although of itself it appears a biological and physical activity, it is set… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
The concept of romantic love affords a means of emotional manipulation which the male is free to exploit, since love is the only circumstance… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
They weren't crazy. They were tired of being locked up. Even I could see that. — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
It may be that a second wave of the sexual revolution might at last accomplish its aim of freeing half the race from its… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
My sister said, You're making it hard for all us housewives in Nebraska. — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
I saw hell. The hospital had divided and conquered pretty successfully. — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
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… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly different. — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
For it is precisely because certain groups have no representation in a number of recognized political structures that their position tends to be so… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
