The concept of romantic love affords a means of emotional manipulation which the male is free to exploit, since love is the only circumstance in which the female is (ideologically) pardoned for sexual activity.

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I saw hell. The hospital had divided and conquered pretty successfully.

I saw hell. The hospital had divided and conquered pretty successfully.

The great mass of women throughout history have been confined to the cultural level of...

The great mass of women throughout history have been confined to the cultural level of...

This is how psychiatry has functioned-as a kind of property arm of the government, who...

This is how psychiatry has functioned-as a kind of property arm of the government, who...

Aren't women prudes if they don't and prostitutes if they do?

Aren't women prudes if they don't and prostitutes if they do?

Psychiatry causes so much death.

Psychiatry causes so much death.

The involuntary character of psychiatric treatment is at odds with the spirit and ethics of...

The involuntary character of psychiatric treatment is at odds with the spirit and ethics of...

We're more sexually repressed than men, having been given a much more strict puritanical code...

We're more sexually repressed than men, having been given a much more strict puritanical code...

Isn't privacy about keeping taboos in their place?

Isn't privacy about keeping taboos in their place?

With the first act of cruelty committed in the name of revolution, with the first...

With the first act of cruelty committed in the name of revolution, with the first...

Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life...

Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life...

Everybody believes in psychiatry; it's supposed to be for our own good. Let psychiatry prove...

Everybody believes in psychiatry; it's supposed to be for our own good. Let psychiatry prove...

You won't do any more housework? Then you go to the bin.

You won't do any more housework? Then you go to the bin.

This country is becoming increasingly authoritarian. It's based on capital punishment.

This country is becoming increasingly authoritarian. It's based on capital punishment.

As women, we're probably more protective of children. Also, we've been minors all of our...

As women, we're probably more protective of children. Also, we've been minors all of our...

What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know?...

What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know?...

What is our freedom fight about? Is it about the liberation of children or just...

What is our freedom fight about? Is it about the liberation of children or just...

They are more beautiful than anything in the world, kinetic sculptures, perfect form in motion.

They are more beautiful than anything in the world, kinetic sculptures, perfect form in motion.

I'm slammed with an identity that can no longer say a word; mute with responsibility.

I'm slammed with an identity that can no longer say a word; mute with responsibility.

In those days, when you got boxed, that was it. A lot of old people...

In those days, when you got boxed, that was it. A lot of old people...

A sexual revolution begins with the emancipation of women, who are the chief victims of...

A sexual revolution begins with the emancipation of women, who are the chief victims of...