Not every woman is a prostitute, but prostitution is the natural apotheosis of the feminine attitude.
Georges BatailleWe did not lack modestyโon the contraryโbut something urgently drove us to defy modesty together as immodestly as possible.
Georges BatailleEroticism differs from animal sexuality in that human sexuality is limited by taboos and the domain of eroticism is that of the transgression of these taboos. Desire in eroticism is the desire that triumphs over the taboo. It presupposes man in conflict with himself.
Georges Bataille