Shulamith Firestone - Culture Quotes

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(Male) culture was (and is) parasitical, feeding on the emotional strength of women without reciprocity.

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It is only after we have integrated the dark side of the moon into our world view that we can begin to talk seriously of universal culture.

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The division yin and yang pervades all culture, history, economics, nature itself; modern Western versions of sex discrimination are only the most recent layer.

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The myth of childhood happiness flourishes so wildly not because it satisfies the needs of children but because it satisfies the needs of adults. In a culture of alienated people, the belief that everyone has at least one good period in life free of care and drudgery dies hard. And obviously you can't expect it in your old age. So it must be you've already had it.

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Feminists have to question, not just all of Western culture, but the organization of culture itself, and further, even the very organization of nature. Many women give up in despair: if that's how deep it goes they don't want to know.

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Women and love are underpinnings. Examine them and you threaten the very structure of culture.

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The separation of sex from emotion is at the very foundations of Western culture and civilization.

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