Betty Dodson on growing up
Betty Dodson29 quotes“The clitoris is the female sex organ, and the fact that we aren’t told that when we were small children is devastating. We grow up with no information about the pleasure center of our body.”
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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.
Betty DodsonBetty Dodson The powers that be understand that sexual freedom or liberation with any kind of joy means they are losing control.
Betty DodsonBetty Dodson 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 DodsonBetty Dodson I consider the 70s to be the youth of old age. So all you women out there who are afraid of getting older, just keep your orgasms in place, eat a lot of vegetables, take exercise, and you’ll be fine.
Betty DodsonBetty Dodson Although my Dad was a talented calligrapher and both of my younger brothers were successful, I was the first one in my family to graduate from high school.
Betty DodsonBetty Dodson Vaginal penetration only doesn’t work for most of us. And we’re not all meant to be monogamous either, especially since women are capable of having far more sex than men. Try to get that fact across in America!
Betty DodsonBetty Dodson The women working at abortion clinics are really on the front lines and the true heroes of feminism.
Betty DodsonBetty Dodson When I do documentaries, my best information ends up on the cutting-room floor. People have trouble dealing with sexual honesty.
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Adam SavageAdam Savage I’m kind of glad that I was able to properly grow up before becoming a massive movie star.
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