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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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...

For a mother the project of raising a boy is the most fulfilling project she...

For a mother the project of raising a boy is the most fulfilling project she...

No phallic hero, no matter what he does to himself or to another to prove...

No phallic hero, no matter what he does to himself or to another to prove...

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...

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...

Men know everything - all of them- all the time - no matter how stupid...

Men know everything - all of them- all the time - no matter how stupid...

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...

Men who want to support women in our struggle for freedom and justice should understand...

Men who want to support women in our struggle for freedom and justice should understand...

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...

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...

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...

Only when manhood is dead - and it will perish when ravaged femininity no longer...

Only when manhood is dead - and it will perish when ravaged femininity no longer...

Men know everything - all of them - all the time - no matter how...

Men know everything - all of them - all the time - no matter how...

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...

Genocide begins, however improbably, in the conviction that classes of biological distinction indisputably sanction social...

Genocide begins, however improbably, in the conviction that classes of biological distinction indisputably sanction social...

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...

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...

The common erotic project of destroying women makes it possible for men to unite into...

The common erotic project of destroying women makes it possible for men to unite into...

Erotica is simply high-class pornography; better produced, better conceived, better executed, better packaged, designed for...

Erotica is simply high-class pornography; better produced, better conceived, better executed, better packaged, designed for...

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...