Much male fear of feminism is the fear that, in becoming whole human beings, women will cease to mother men, to provide the breast, the lullaby, the continuous attention associated by the infant with the mother. Much male fear of feminism is infantilismโthe longing to remain the motherโs son, to possess a woman who exists purely for him.
Adrienne RichWe've learned a lot from the great psychologists. Wilhelm Reich wrote about the relationship between fascism and sexual repression. Freud rediscovered the underworld of consciousness that European rationalism had denied. But when you have a nation of people in therapy and counselling, "support" groups for every kind of human condition, where, in the clichรฉs of that milieu, people "share" and "heal," the question, "What for?", "What now?" is no longer asked.
Adrienne RichIt will take all your heart, it will take all your breath It will be short, it will not be simple
Adrienne Rich