Books Quote by Siri Hustvedt

“When it comes to sex: some men treat women as objects; some women treat objects as men.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Sexual feeling is distinct from affection, even though they often conspire, but this fact runs against the grain of classic feminist arguments.”

— Siri Hustvedt

“I am not a woman, I am a thing. An object, a servant for their needs. Sex is a tool.”

— Jasinda Wilder

“For here again, we come to a dilemma. Different though the sexes are, they intermix. In every human being a vacillation from one sex…

— Virginia Woolf

“The pervasion of image has so deeply altered our very relationships to ourselves that even men have become objects--if never erotic objects.”

— Shulamith Firestone

“There is no true femininity without sensuality. Otherwise it’s called feminism.”

— Lebo Grand

“Women are queer, unreasoning creatures, and are just as likely as not to love a man who has been throwing away his affection.”

— Elizabeth Gaskell

“101 Reason why its its great to be a woman : Since the advent of feminism, we can publicly ogle male bodies and not…

— Summersdale Publishers

“These chicken chokers. Didn’t bother to read any feminist theory beyond that outdated Andrea Dworkin tripe. Nothing sex-positive. Nothing along the lines of Naomi…

— Chuck Palahniuk

“Women incorporate the values of the male sexual objectifiers within themselves. Catharine MacKinnon calls this being "thingified" in the head (MacKinnon, 1989). They learn…

— Sheila Jeffreys

“Woman, especially her sexuality, provides the object of endless commentary , description, supposition. But the result of all the telling only deepens the enigma…

— Peter Brooks

“The voice of women and the voice of nature have been muted under patriarchy. Women and nature are considered objects under patriarchy, and objects…

— Marti Kheel