Quote by Stephen A. Mitchell

“According to the prevailing view human sexual life consists essentially in an endeavor to bring one's own genitals into contact with those of someone…

— Sigmund Freud

“Sex is often centre stage in utopias and dystopias – who can do what, with which set of genital organs, and with whom, being…

— Aldous Huxley

“It is a rather amazing fact that, of the very many dimensions along which the genital activity of one person can be differentiated from…

— Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

“so many issues and problems in a male dominated world derive from the aggressive, secretive and often insensitive masculine ego.”

— Andrew Morton

“I do believe that the emphasis on egalitarian and respectful sex—purged of any expressions of power, aggression, and transgression—is antithetical to erotic desire for…

— Esther Perel

“In terms of language, there were no separate words for female genitalia for thousands of years. That was mostly because women were considered pretty…

— Elissa Stein and Susan Kim

“What’s the matter with manhood? There’s something about how masculinity is imagined, about what’s praised and encouraged, about the way violence is passed on…

— Rebecca Solnit

“All human beings, independent of a dominant gender orientation, embody qualities of the masculine and feminine, and the whole of humanity has suffered from…

— Danielle Dulsky

There's room for many definitions of masculinity in the modern era.

— Kemp Muhl

I'm trying to illuminate how perilously narrow we draw the concepts of masculinity and sexuality in our male culture.

— Charles M. Blow

“Male and female are created through the erotization of dominance and submission.”

— Catharine MacKinnon