(Male) culture was (and is) parasitical, feeding on the emotional strength of women without reciprocity.
Shulamith FirestoneEmancipated' women found out that the honesty, generosity, and camaraderie of men was a lie.
Shulamith FirestoneThe 'natural' is not necessarily a 'human' value. Humanity has begun to transcend nature: we can no longer justify the maintenance of a discriminatory sex class system on grounds of its origins in nature. Indeed, for pragmatic reasons alone it is beginning to look as if we must get rid of it.
Shulamith FirestoneMen are thinking, writing, and creating, because women were pouring their energy into those men; women are not creating culture because they are occupied with love.
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