Becoming Quote by Camille Paglia

A man with a weak Masculine is especially prone to despise and fear these qualities and may attempt to suppress the more destructive elements…

— David Deida

“Femininity is depicted as weakness, the sapping of strength, yet masculinity is so fragile that apparently even the slightest brush with the feminine destroys…

— Gwen Sharp

Masculinity is risky and elusive. It is achieved by a revolt from woman, and it is confirmed only by other men. Manhood coerced into…

— Camille Paglia

“In a world where masculinity is respected and femininity is regularly dismissed, it takes an enormous amount of strength and confidence for any person,…

— Julia Serano

“Men have grown embarrassingly weak, but only through observation. Their resolve can easily be broken by a woman. Their emotions can be easily manipulated…

— Lionel Suggs

“The result of this one-sided patriarchal stance, demonstrable in all areas of life, is an un integrated man who is attacked by his repressed…

— Erich Neumann

I think when we start to understand what masculinity and femininity is, then men won't fear so much the feminine side coming out. And…

— Hamid Drake

“Assimilation of the feminine side is indeed a decisive problem in a man's individuation, but it remains his "private affair" since our patriarchal culture…

— Erich Neumann

“In addition to the picture of women as evil is the impossible cultural model of manliness that boys are expected to emulate. This model…

— Susan Forward

“I question the more or less psychoanalytic perspective that the male need to control women sexually results from some primal male "fear of women"…

— Adrienne Rich

Perhaps patriarchy's greatest psychological weapon is simply its universality and longevity. ... Patriarchy has a still more tenacious or powerful hold through its successful…

— Kate Millett

“The old 'qualities' of masculinity - a narrow focus on life, domestic incompetence signalling a mind on higher things, emotional reserve and acts of…

— Rosalind Coward