Masturbation is a meditation on self-love. So many of us are afflicted with self-loathing, bad body images, shame about our body functions, and confusion about sex and pleasure, I recommend an intense love affair with yourself
BETTY DODSON
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Betty Dodson on confusion
Betty Dodson29 quotes“Masturbation is a meditation on self-love. So many of us are afflicted with self-loathing, bad body images, shame about our body functions, and confusion about sex and pleasure, I recommend an intense love affair with yourself”
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The person whose face is between your legs is gonna get lockjaw.
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Betty DodsonBetty Dodson I think my poems are slightly underrated by the word accessible.
Billy CollinsBilly Collins It’s very hard for a man to ask questions about sex. The smart ones do.
Betty DodsonBetty Dodson Masturbation is our first and natural form of sexual activity and if that’s inhibited or damaged, then we suffer for the rest of our lives.
Betty DodsonBetty Dodson I did large drawings of couples having sex! Men and woman enjoying intercourse and oral sex in a Madison Avenue Gallery? That was the first time I broke a barrier that made me think, some idiot is going to blow my brains out for sure.
Betty DodsonBetty Dodson Not all women are going to get married, be monogamous and raise a family. It will destroy the current social structure based on a sexual double standard that we’re currently living under.
Betty DodsonBetty Dodson The galleries are simply corporations in the art world – “Here’s a million dollars for this latest piece of crap” – but I’m not about to go along with the gallery system.
Betty DodsonBetty Dodson A monogamous marriage and family is what some women want – but not all of us. We are mostly doing serial monogamy anyway.
Betty DodsonBetty Dodson I consider myself a lesbian, but I’m a bisexual lesbian.
Betty DodsonBetty Dodson Instead of being a well-known painter, I became everybody’s favorite dirty joke. Come to think of it, teaching masturbation skills is pretty weird.
Betty DodsonBetty Dodson We are constantly protecting the male ego, and it’s a disservice to men. If a man has any sensitivity or intelligence, he wants to get the straight scoop from his girlfriend.
Betty DodsonBetty Dodson We all have our individual romantic or idealistic ideas. To get information that masturbation is our basic form of sex is hard, because who wants to admit they’re masturbating?
Betty DodsonBetty Dodson The media only wants to get the view of the flaming radicals because they make better copy than those of us who are more sensible. I’m a feminist and I think I’ve done a lot of good.
Betty DodsonBetty Dodson It’s just blind luck when a woman is born into a wealthy family and attends the best colleges and joins top sororities.
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Frode GaslandFrode Gasland But doesn’t it hurt to feel so much and pretend not to?
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Good communication is the bridge between confusion and clarity.
Nat TurnerNat Turner A sage steers by the bright light of confusion and doubt.
ZhuangziZhuangzi He who knows he is a fool is not the biggest fool; He who knows he is confused is not in the worst confusion.
ZhuangziZhuangzi Love is just a confusing word I want to figure out with you.
Annie MenendezAnnie Menendez When I see a head from a great distance, it ceases to be a sphere and becomes an extreme confusion falling down into the abyss.
Alberto GiacomettiAlberto Giacometti A lot of people are confused by “hello.” A lot of people are confused by a lot of things they shouldn’t be confused by.
Edward AlbeeEdward Albee Invention presupposes imagination but should not be confused with it.
Igor StravinskyIgor Stravinsky Out of evil comes good, however, and the confusion of tongues gave rise to ‘the ancient practice of Masons conversing without the use of speech.’
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