Thus her whole identity hangs in the balance of her love life. She is allowed to love herself only if a man finds her worthy of love.

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.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, will not be given up without a struggle.

Feminists have to question, not just all of Western culture, but the organization of culture itself, and further, even the very organization of nature. Many women give up in despair: if that's how deep it goes they don't want to know.

He has let her in not because he genuinely loved her, but only because she played so well into his preconceived fantasies.

All men are selfish, brutal and inconsiderate--and I wish I could find one.

Feminism, when it truly achieves its goals, will crack through the most basic structures of our society.