Culture Quote by Bell Hooks Download Open image “In a culture of domination, preoccupation with victimage is inevitable.” — Bell Hooks ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Culture Domination Inevitable Preoccupation
There is a fetishization of victimization in our culture. And I just am not interested in victimhood. — Alan Ball Copy Share Image
Victimism can be seen as a generalized cultural impulse to deny personal responsibility and to obsess on the grievances of the insatiable self. — Charlie Sykes Copy Share Image
It is necessary to remember, as we think critically about domination, that we all have the capacity to act in ways that oppress, dominate,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
It's very attractive to people to be a victim. Instead of having to think out the whole situation, about history and your group and… — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
What's good about talking about being victimized is that it is the beginning of being able to stop it. — Teri Hatcher Copy Share Image
We are all victimized by the natural perversity of inanimate objects...and the assorted human beings who perpetuate and maintain this perversity. — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
For cultural invasion to succeed, it is essential that those invaded become convinced of their intrinsic inferiority. — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
Girls and women are most victimised in societies where boys and men are disempowered. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
There is a theory behind the culture of victimhood: It's called "intersectionality." This theory posits that racism, sexism, classism, ableism, etc. are interconnected, overlapping,… — Christina Hoff Sommers Copy Share Image
Individuals who dominate others are, in fact, enslaved by insecurity and are slowly and mysteriously hurt by their own actions — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
People can become so blinded by their own perceived victimhood that they make victims of everyone around them. — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
No one is ever a victim, although your conquerors would have you believe in your own victimhood. How else could they conquer you? — Barbara Marciniak Copy Share Image
Right now, for many Americans, class is being foregrounded like never before because of the economic situation. It doesn't mean that race doesn't matter,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Most folks believe we are hardwired biologically to long for sex but they do not believe we are hardwired to long for love. Almost… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
... we need to interrogate "reverence," for idolization can be another way one is objectified and not really taken seriously. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The power of patriarchy has been to make maleness feared and to make men feel that it is better to be feared that to… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“I feel enormously blessed to be a successful black woman writer in this culture, but I have found my small fame, such as it… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
In this culture, the phrase 'black woman' is not synonymous with 'tender,' or 'gentle.' It's as if those words couldn't possibly speak to the… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
It's interesting to look at all the aspects where everyday Americans, many of whom are not college educated, are thinking deeply now about our… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The true teacher is within us. A good teacher is someone who can help you to go back and touch the true teacher within,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Advancing the notion that there can be many "feminisms" has served the conservative and liberal political interests of women seeking status and privileged class… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
A lot of indigenous cultures are deeply involved in working with ancestor spirits, elemental spirits, and demons. Many of these cultures feel that, if… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
In the hearing world, I'm constantly having to lip-read and trying to understand what's going on. Sign language is so beautiful. It gives you… — Rose Ayling-Ellis Copy Share Image
I was born and raised in Orlando, where the economy and culture has been powerfully shaped by tourism, and so I've long been interested… — Laura van den Berg Copy Share Image
Our times demand the declaration of the world's resources as the common heritage of all people. — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
The U.S.-Mexican border es un herida abierta where the Third World grates against the first and bleeds. And before a scab forms it hemorrhages… — Gloria E. Anzaldúa Copy Share Image
What it comes down to for me is this: Will the technologies of communication in our culture, serve to enlighten us and help us… — Roger Waters Copy Share Image
I think it's useful to experience other types of dance and other cultures, and the life of a classical dancer these days is certainly… — Deborah Bull Copy Share Image
In the movie, the stars above the ship bear no correspondence to any constellations in a real sky. Worse yet, while the heroine bobs...… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
It is not my intention to explain Turkey, its culture and its problems. My literature has a universal concern: I want to bring people… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I don't think the distinction between high and low culture exists anymore. — Jeremy Scott Copy Share Image
