"Romanticism is a cultural tool of male power……" — Shulamith Firestone
"Romanticism is a cultural tool of male power to keep women from knowing their conditions."
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Shulamith Firestone
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21 Quotes by Shulamith Firestone
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Just as the end goal of socialist revolution was not only the elimination of the economic class privilege but of…
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It is only after we have integrated the dark side of the moon into our world view that we can…
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The best way to raise a child is to LAY OFF!
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Women and love are underpinnings. Examine them and you threaten the very structure of culture.
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But in psychoanalysis there are no unimportant thoughts; there are only thoughts that pretend to be unimportant in order to…
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In my own case, I had to train myself out of that phony smile, which is like a nervous tic…
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The division yin and yang pervades all culture, history, economics, nature itself; modern Western versions of sex discrimination are only…
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Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, will not be given up without a struggle.
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No matter how many levels of consciousness one reaches, the problem always goes deeper.
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a revolutionary in every bedroom cannot fail to shake up the status quo. And if it is your wife that…
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To be worshiped is not freedom.
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(Male) culture was (and is) parasitical, feeding on the emotional strength of women without reciprocity.
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More Conditions Quotes
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
— Hannah Arendt
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Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can…
— Hannah Arendt
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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently;…
— Aristotle
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I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally…
— Karen Armstrong
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We shouldn't be saying 'Save the planet'; we should be saying: 'Save viable conditions in which people can live.' That's…
— Margaret Atwood
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Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always…
— Roger Babson
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You can talk about capitalism and communism and all that sort of thing, but the important thing is the struggle…
— Bernard Baruch
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It is impious to say that evil has its origin from God, because naught contrary is produced by the contrary.…
— Saint Basil
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Any man who does not accept the conditions of life sells his soul.
— Charles Baudelaire
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Old-fashioned ways which no longer apply to changed conditions are a snare in which the feet of women have always…
— Jane Addams
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As the scene of life would be more the cold emptiness of space than the warm, dense atmosphere of planets,…
— John Desmond Bernal
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One of the great advantages of cremation - apart from all sanitary conditions - lies in the swift restoration to…
— Annie Besant
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