Masculinity Quotes

103 quotes by 89 authors

Romantic love, in pornography as in life, is the mythic celebration of female negation. For a woman, love is defined as her willingness to submit… — Andrea Dworkin
My whole life long I have done nothing but interpret my dreams of ultimate masculinity, and draw them. — Tom of Finland
Black men struggle with masculinity so much. The idea that we must always be strong really presses us all down - it keeps us from… — Donald Glover
I havent even been drinking, but, at all, but, you know, being a man, Ive got to say that weve got this guy in the… — Ed Harris
Masculinity is the glad assumption of sacrificial responsibility. — Douglas Wilson
Geffrey Davis interrogates masculinity- as brother, son, father, lover-to examine the sources of love's enduring and failed aspects ... I admire Davis' emotional vocabulary, his… — Robin Becker
The aim of jazz is the mechanical reproduction of a regressive moment, a castration symbolism. 'Give up your masculinity, let yourself be castrated,' the eunuchlike… — Theodor Adorno
Relieved of moral pretense and stripped of folk costumes, the raw masculinity that all men know in their gut has to do with being good… — Jack Donovan
The hardest part has been learning how to take myself seriously when the entire world is constantly telling me that femininity is always inferior to… — Julia Serano
Through developing trusting and respectful relationships with the boys in our lives, we can help boys to value and acknowledge their relational capabilities, which they… — Judy Chu
Freud says, Man fears that his strength will be taken from him by woman, dreads becoming infected with her femininity and then proving himself a… — Camille Paglia
Masculinity cannot exist without femininity. On its own, masculinity has no meaning, because it is but one half of a set of power relations. Masculinity… — Sheila Jeffreys
The bonding of women that is woman-loving, or Gyn/affection, is very different from male bonding. Male bonding has been the glue of male dominance. It… — Sheila Jeffreys
Radical feminist theorists do not seek to make gender a bit more flexible, but to eliminate it. They are gender abolitionists, and understand gender to… — Sheila Jeffreys
Masculinity is part of a binary and requires its opposite, since, in the absence of femininity, masculinity would have no meaning. — Sheila Jeffreys
Well, you know what? If that guy can do it, I can be myself too, and if that rapper can be himself and be free… — Lil B
Getting rid of a man without hurting his masculinity is a problem. "Get out" and "I never want to see you again" might sound like… — John Wayne
If we're talking about masculinity and tenderness, I don't look at Clinton. — Aaron Eckhart
A man may conquer a million men in battle but one who conquers himself is, indeed, the greatest of conquerors. — Gautama Buddha
The nerd flavor of masculinity has overwhelmed the macho kind in real-life power dynamics, and therefore in popular culture. — Jaron Lanier

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