The thrill of terror is passive, masochistic, and implicitly feminine. It is imaginative submission to overwhelming superior force.


p. 267 - Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990)

Camille Paglia Quotes

The thrill of terror is passive, masochistic, and implicitly feminine. It is imaginative submission to overwhelming superior force.

The thrill of terror is passive, masochistic, and implicitly feminine. It is imaginative submission to overwhelming superior force.

The thrill of terror is passive, masochistic, and implicitly feminine. It is imaginative submission to overwhelming superior force.

The thrill of terror is passive, masochistic, and implicitly feminine. It is imaginative submission to overwhelming superior force.