This is how psychiatry has functioned-as a kind of property arm of the government, who can put you away if your husband doesn't like you.

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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.

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...

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...

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...

Many women do not recognize themselves as discriminated against; no better proof could be found...

Many women do not recognize themselves as discriminated against; no better proof could be found...

It was horrifying. You wouldn't believe how people are treated there. You could see that...

It was horrifying. You wouldn't believe how people are treated there. You could see that...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

We are women. We are a subject people who have inherited an alien culture.

We are women. We are a subject people who have inherited an alien culture.

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?

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?...

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...

Men and women were declared equal one morning and everybody could divorce each other by...

Men and women were declared equal one morning and everybody could divorce each other by...

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...

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly...

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly...

I believe that the way someone speaks and acts tells their story. You can read...

I believe that the way someone speaks and acts tells their story. You can read...

My wife always has a splitting archetype whenever I want to have sex.

My wife always has a splitting archetype whenever I want to have sex.