The worst part about prostitution is that you're obliged not to sell sex only, but your humanity. That's the worst part of it: that what you're selling is your human dignity. Not really so much in bed, but in accepting the agreement - in becoming a bought person.
Kate MillettAs women, we're probably more protective of children. Also, we've been minors all of our history
Kate MillettTo love is simply to allow another to be, live, grow, expand, become. An appreciation that demands and expects nothing in return.
Kate MillettTo be a rebel is not to be a revolutionary. It is more often by a way of spinning one's wheels deeper in sand.
Kate MillettCoitus can scarcely be said to take place in a vacuum; although of itself it appears a biological and physical activity, it is set so deeply within the larger context of human affairs that it serves as a charged microcosm of the variety of attitudes and values to which culture subscribes. Among other things, it may serve as a model of sexual politics on an individual or personal plane.
Kate Millett