"The rationale which accompanies that imposition of male authority euphemistically referred to as 'the battle of the sexes' bears a certain resemblance to the formulas of nations at war, where any heinousness is justified on the grounds that the enemy is either an inferior [part of the] species or really not human at all."

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Source : Kate Millett (2016). “Sexual Politics”, p.46, Columbia University Press

Kate Millett

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“Most of my relationships were people in the business. Having said that, me and Tim don't really talk that much about work. He comes into my bit of the house every so often to vent but we don't really have very high, cultured conversations.”
“Inside the mind of 'America's Mad Genius' is not necessarily a place you want to visit.”
“Do you know," Peter asked, "why swallows build in the eaves of houses? It is to listen to the stories.”
“Give the children an opportunity to make garden. Let them grow what they will. It matters less that they grow good plants than that they try for themselves.”
“Oh, if I had only known then what I know now, I would have stopped it last year when I was still young.”
“The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.”
“It is base to take advantage of our rank or greatness by making fun of those placed beneath us in life.”
“I know I would have had a lot more trophies in my cabinet if I went with him [Sir Alex Ferguson].”

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