Culture Quote by Rita Mae Brown

“It would be putting it mildly to say that the lesbian represents a threat to patriarchal protocol: Western civilization has for centuries been haunted…

— Terry Castle

“It should first be understood that lesbianism, like male homosexuality, is a category of behavior possible only in a sexist society characterized by rigid…

— Radicalesbians

Our very strength as lesbians lies in the fact that we are outside of patriarchy; our existence challenges its life.

— Charlotte Bunch

“Woman-identified women, whether straight, bisexual, or lesbian rarely make garnering male approval a priority in our lives. This is why we threaten the patriarchy.…

— bell hooks

Since the beginning of the Movement, lesbianism has been a kind of code word for female resistance.

— Ti-Grace Atkinson

Bisexuality is our best hope of escape from the animosities and false polarities of the current sex wars.

— Camille Paglia

Male supremacy is centered on the act of sexual intercourse, justified by heterosexual practice.

— Sheila Jeffreys

Feminism is an attack on social practices and habits of thought that keep women and men boxed into gender roles that are harmful.

— Robert Webb

For a woman to be a lesbian in a male-supremacist, capitalist, misogynist, racist, homophobic, imperialist culture, such as that of North America, is an…

— Cheryl Clarke

People are threatened by female sexuality.

— Stacy Martin

Until all women are lesbians, there will be no true political revolution.

— Jill Johnston

Feminism as a movement for political and social equity is important, but feminism as an academic clique committed to eccentric doctrines about human nature…

— Steven Pinker