In my own case, I had to train myself out of that phony smile, which is like a nervous tic on every teenage girl. And this meant that I smiled rarely, for in truth, when it came down to real smiling, I had less to smile about. My 'dream' action for the women's liberation movement: a smile boycott, at which declaration all women would instantly abandon their 'pleasing' smiles, henceforth smiling only when something pleased them.
Shulamith FirestoneRomanticism is a cultural tool of male power to keep women from knowing their conditions.
Shulamith FirestoneThe separation of sex from emotion is at the very foundations of Western culture and civilization.
Shulamith Firestone