All personal, psychological, social, and institutionalized domination on this earth can be traced back to its source: the phallic identities of men.

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Women have been taught that, for us, the earth is flat, and that if we...

Women have been taught that, for us, the earth is flat, and that if we...

Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms...

Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms...

Woman is not born: she is made. In the making, her humanity is destroyed. She...

Woman is not born: she is made. In the making, her humanity is destroyed. She...

Being a Jew, one learns to believe in the reality of cruelty and one learns...

Being a Jew, one learns to believe in the reality of cruelty and one learns...

Feminism is hated because women are hated. Anti-feminism is a direct expression of misogyny; it...

Feminism is hated because women are hated. Anti-feminism is a direct expression of misogyny; it...

Seduction is often difficult to distinguish from rape. In seduction, the rapist often bothers to...

Seduction is often difficult to distinguish from rape. In seduction, the rapist often bothers to...

The genius of any slave system is found in the dynamics which isolate slaves from...

The genius of any slave system is found in the dynamics which isolate slaves from...

As long as there is rape... there is not going to be any peace or...

As long as there is rape... there is not going to be any peace or...

Men have defined the parameters of every subject. All feminist arguments, however radical in intent...

Men have defined the parameters of every subject. All feminist arguments, however radical in intent...

Poetry, the genre of purest beauty, was born of a truncated woman: her head severed...

Poetry, the genre of purest beauty, was born of a truncated woman: her head severed...

Wild intelligence abhors any narrow world; and the world of women must stay narrow, or...

Wild intelligence abhors any narrow world; and the world of women must stay narrow, or...

Women, for centuries not having access to pornography and now unable to bear looking at...

Women, for centuries not having access to pornography and now unable to bear looking at...

Marriage as an institution developed from rape as a practice. Rape, originally defined as abduction,...

Marriage as an institution developed from rape as a practice. Rape, originally defined as abduction,...

Romantic love, in pornography as in life, is the mythic celebration of female negation. For...

Romantic love, in pornography as in life, is the mythic celebration of female negation. For...

Childbearing is glorified in part because women die from it.

Childbearing is glorified in part because women die from it.

Men are rewarded for learning the practice of violence in virtually any sphere of activity...

Men are rewarded for learning the practice of violence in virtually any sphere of activity...

The argument between wives and whores is an old one; each one thinking that whatever...

The argument between wives and whores is an old one; each one thinking that whatever...

Men are distinguished from women by their commitment to do violence rather than to be...

Men are distinguished from women by their commitment to do violence rather than to be...

Woman is not born: she is made. In the making, her humanity is destroyed. She...

Woman is not born: she is made. In the making, her humanity is destroyed. She...

A commitment to sexual equality with males is a commitment to becoming the rich instead...

A commitment to sexual equality with males is a commitment to becoming the rich instead...