Woman is the dominant sex. Men have to do all sorts of stuff to prove that they are worthy of woman's attention.
Camille PagliaEvery month, it is woman's fate to face the abyss of time and being, the abyss which is herself.
Camille PagliaThe more woman aims for personal identity and autonomy ... the fiercer will be her struggle with nature - that is, with the intractable physical laws of her own body. And the more nature will punish her: 'Do not dare to be free! For your body does not belong to you.'
Camille PagliaEroticism is mystique; that is, the aura of emotion and imagination around sex. It cannot be 'fixed' by codes of social or moral convenience, whether from the political left or right. For nature's fascism is greater than that of any society. There is a daemonic instability in sexual relations that we may have to accept.
Camille Paglia