Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.

Shame produces trauma. Trauma produces paralysis.

What's so amazing about this historical moment is that it is bringing class to the fore and we have to think about the nature of work and hierarchy.

Most gay men are as sexist in their thinking as are heterosexuals. Their patriarchal thinking leads them to construct paradigms of desirable sexual behaviour that is similar to that of patriarchal straight men.

Even the most subjected person has moments of rage and resentment so intense that they respond, they act against. There is an inner uprising that leads to rebellion, however short- lived. It may be only momentary but it takes place. That space within oneself where resistance is possible remains.

The greater our commitment, the more likely our love will last.

Feminist thinking teaches us all, especially, how to love justice and freedom in ways that foster and affirm life.