Always Quote by Elif Batuman

“Explanations of straight men's homosexual behavior take the awkwardness, shame, and ambivalence attached to these encounters as evidence of discordance between self and behavior,…

— Jane Ward

Heterosexual intercourse is the pure, formalized expression of contempt for women's bodies.

— Andrea Dworkin

Heterosexuality is not a thing.

— Lauren Berlant

I would certainly never suggest that any lesbian should be ashamed of her sexual preference.

— Anonymous

Obviously, in dealing with a relationship, sexuality has to be involved, and jealousy and emotions like that. And I don't know, I've always been…

— Adrian Lyne

There are some good traditions in our culture, one of which is that men dance with women. Soon we will reach the stage where…

— Niki Lauda

I think that women don't bother disguising their desire and pleasure in dressing up, and that men, for whatever reason, tend to be a…

— Hugh Dancy

Heterosexuality has been forcibly and subliminally imposed on women. Yet everywhere women have resisted it, often at the cost of physical torture, imprisonment, psychosurgery,…

— Adrienne Rich

Regardless of whether you're in a gay or heterosexual relationship, you're going to go through your ups and downs.

— Carmen Carrera

I'm pretty sure there's no sexuality that justifies constant low-level harassment.

— Mallory Ortberg

I've always been comfortable with my sexuality. I'm blessed to have been raised by a woman who never made me feel ashamed about what's…

— Charlize Theron

The fact is that heterosexual sex for most people is in no way free of the power relations between men and women.

— Barbara Ehrenreich