“Self-denial can lock women into a smug and critical condescension to other, less devout women. According to Appel, cult members develop..."an attitude… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
“Because it is such a powerful force in the world today, the Western Judeo-Christian tradition is often accepted as the arbiter of… — Walter L. Williams Copy Share Image
“Sexuality. The moralist tends to see sex as dirty, or at least as a dangerous impulse that leads constantly to sin. The… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Anorexia is a response to cultural images of the female body - waiflike, angular - that both capitulates to the ideal and… — Caroline Knapp Copy Share Image
“Where woman do not fit the Iron Maiden [societal expectations/assumptions about women's bodies], we are now being called monstrous, and the Iron… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
The transsexually constructed lesbian-feminist feeds off woman’s true energy source, i.e. her woman-identified self. It is he who recognises that if female… — Janice Raymond Copy Share Image
“The failure of reorientation therapy is why the "ex-gay" ministry Exodus International shut down in 2013. It places gay Christians who adhere… — Matthew Vines Copy Share Image
“Nature programmed the neurobiological processes of early love to appear as something beyond the primitive sexual cravings of the genitals. So, from… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I support, defend, and admire prostitutes, gay or straight. They do important and necessary work, whether moralists of the Left and Right… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
“[Some people] think that sex is a physical capacity which functions independently of one's mind, choice, or code of values. They think… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“The Kinsey staff asked questions of children, learning about sexuality in the family. And other psychologists, psychiatrists and paediatricians, including Benjamin Spock,… — Cheryl Hersha Copy Share Image
Use sex as an act of meditation…. Do not fight it, do not go against it. You cannot fight with nature; you… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
When you're a female poet, would you, therefore, invoke a male muse? When nuns get consecrated into their vocations, they become brides… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
“INTENSE SEXUAL DESIRE IS THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD Janey dreams of cocks. Janey sees cocks instead of objects. Janey has… — Kathy Acker Copy Share Image
“In a sexual double standard as to who receives consumer protection, it seems that if what you do is done to women… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
It should go without saying that you are not doing anything wrong by having sex in your own home, and based on… — Mallory Ortberg Copy Share Image
Tamed as it may be, sexuality remains one of the demonic forces in human consciousness - pushing us at intervals close to… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
There's a difference between hot women and beautiful women. Hot women are everywhere; they abound. They are beautified, not beautiful. Beautiful women,… — Zan Perrion Copy Share Image
“Group nudity could also be personally beneficial, according to psychologist Abraham M. Maslow, who believed that nudist camps or parks might be… — Gay Talese Copy Share Image
“Some writers have even argued that it may be possible to wean sex offenders away from their criminal activities through the use… — Richard Dunphy Copy Share Image
We in the Jewish community are comparatively lucky. All of traditions have anti-gay pieces but the Jewish tradition doesn't have as many… — Jay Michaelson Copy Share Image
“I thought to myself how we were so wrapped up in this animal act, that he couldn’t care less about his tea… — Fiona Thrust Copy Share Image
Secrecy fuels erotic intensity because it makes you feel like you're doing something that is entirely yours. It gives you the sense… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
“If I was gay, I wouldn't need an asterisk beside my name. I could stop worrying if the girl I like will… — Leah Raeder Copy Share Image
“Love is blind, they say; sex is impervious to reason and mocks the power of all philosophers. But, in fact, a man's… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
You walk off the plane in Rio, and your blood temperature goes up. The feel of the wind on your face, the… — Amy Irving Copy Share Image
Present-day American society-whether through pop culture, religion, or institutions-conflates sexuality and morality constantly. Idolizing virginity as a stand-in for women’s morality means… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
If you listen to my music, that's everything I stand for: women being free about their sexuality, flipping the industry's gender roles… — Latto Copy Share Image
Bad facts make bad law, and people who write bad laws are in my opinion more dangerous than songwriters who celebrate sexuality.… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
If insemination were the sole biological function of sex, it could be achieved far more economically in a few seconds of mounting… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
Isn't it curious how completely ignorant we all are of the most important part of our bodily mechanism. It is really criminal.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A source of permanent, accessible pleasure, our genitals exist. The god who created our misfortune, who made us short-lived, vain and cruel,… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
Sexuality is a place where people are very vulnerable and can be experiencing and embodying very raw forces that they don't really… — Mary Gaitskill Copy Share Image
“Remember, sex is never a thing you just had. Sex is the intercourse, the merging or convergence, of who the two of… — Alexandra Katehakis Copy Share Image
“The first time someone else touched me with the intent to pleasure, I fell in love. Not with that person, but with… — Fiona Zedde Copy Share Image
It is a totally different creativity I am talking about. A Taj Mahal... just watching it on a full moon night, and… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
You also said in Rolling Stone that your look is based on mine. The look I chose, I chose on purpose at… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
People in the States used to think that if girls were good at sports their sexuality would be affected. Being feminine meant… — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
The tribal attitude said, and continues to say, that Gay people are especially empowered because we are able to identify with both… — Judy Grahn Copy Share Image
“To ward off these disasters, they spent a whole lot of time trying to keep their gods happy via a number of… — Gene Doucette Copy Share Image