The bar is the male kingdom. For centuries it was the bastion of male privilege, the gathering place for men away from their women, a place where men could go to freely indulge in The Bull Session.

Romanticism is a cultural tool of male power to keep women from knowing their conditions.

It is only after we have integrated the dark side of the moon into our world view that we can begin to talk seriously of universal culture.

The classic trap for any revolutionary is always, “What's your alternative?” But even if you could provide the interrogator with a blueprint, this does not mean he would use it: in most cases he is not sincere in wanting to know. In fact this is a common offensive, a technique to reflect revolutionary anger and turn it against itself. Moreover, the oppressed have no job to convince all people. All they need know is that the present system is destroying them.

the 'natural' is not necessarily a 'human' value.

If women are differentiated only by superficial physical attributes, men appear more individual and irreplaceable than they really are.

Women and love are underpinnings. Examine them and you threaten the very structure of culture.