The great mass of women throughout history have been confined to the cultural level of animal life in providing the male with sexual outlet and exercising the animal functions of reproduction and care of the young.

Quote by Kate Millett

Topics: Women Quotes

What is the natural reaction when told you have a hopeless mental illness? That diagnosis...

What is the natural reaction when told you have a hopeless mental illness? That diagnosis...

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...

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.

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...

It would appear that love is dead. Or very likely in a bad way.

It would appear that love is dead. Or very likely in a bad way.

Politics is repetition. It is not change. Change is something beyond what we call politics....

Politics is repetition. It is not change. Change is something beyond what we call politics....

They weren't crazy. They were tired of being locked up. Even I could see that.

They weren't crazy. They were tired of being locked up. Even I could see that.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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?

However muted its present appearance may be, sexual domination obtains nevertheless as perhaps the most...

However muted its present appearance may be, sexual domination obtains nevertheless as perhaps the most...

My sister said, You're making it hard for all us housewives in Nebraska.

My sister said, You're making it hard for all us housewives in Nebraska.

We are naive and moralistic women. We are human beings who find politics a blight...

We are naive and moralistic women. We are human beings who find politics a blight...

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?...

The concept of romantic love affords a means of emotional manipulation which the male is...

The concept of romantic love affords a means of emotional manipulation which the male is...