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Even a woman of abnormal will cannot escape her hormonal identity.

Even a woman of abnormal will cannot escape her hormonal identity.

Camille Paglia
Identity, Abnormal, Normal And Abnormal
Camille Paglia (2011). “Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays”, p.104, Vintage

Promiscuity in men may cheapen love but sharpen thought. Promiscuity in women is illness, a leakage of identity.

Camille Paglia
Men, Identity, May
Camille Paglia (1990). “Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson”, Vintage

The more woman aims for personal identity and autonomy ... the fiercer will be her struggle with nature - that is, with the intractable physical laws of her own body. And the more nature will punish her: 'Do not dare to be free! For your body does not belong to you.'

Camille Paglia
Struggle, Law, Identity
Camille Paglia (2018). “Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism”, p.37, Canongate Books

Sex IS power. Identity is power. In western culture, there are no nonexploitative relationships. Everyone has killed in order to live.

Camille Paglia
Sex, Order, Identity
Camille Paglia (2018). “Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism”, p.28, Canongate Books

In the theory of gender I began from zero. There is no masculine power or privilege I did not covet. But slowly, step by step, decade by decade, I was forced to acknowledge that even a woman of abnormal will cannot escape her hormonal identity.

Camille Paglia
Zero, Identity, Privilege
Camille Paglia (2011). “Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays”, p.107, Vintage

The stigma of the prostitute is the badge of her identity. That is why the client goes to her. If he wanted someone without a stigma, he'd go and screw the lady next door.

Camille Paglia
Doors, Identity, Next

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