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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 Dodson

I’m fully aware had I stayed with my art, I would be well known, respected and most likely rich.
BETTY DODSON

Art Respected Rich
I think I should get the Nobel Peace Prize before I die for ending the war between the sexes.
BETTY DODSON

Sex Thinking War
If you tell a child “Don’t touch yourself there,” they will deal with some kind of sexual problem from then on, to one degree or other.
BETTY DODSON

Children Degrees Kind
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 DODSON

Media Thinking Views
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 DODSON

Art Dollars Pieces
The women working at abortion clinics are really on the front lines and the true heroes of feminism.
BETTY DODSON

Abortion Feminism Hero
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 DODSON

Birthday Exercise Vegetables
We are at war with men, and most women don’t even know it.
BETTY DODSON

Knows Men War
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 DODSON

Firsts Natural Suffering
The first thing the male establishment wants to control is uterus and birth. You might call it womb envy. But even worse is the fact we are still using the male model of sexual response for women.
BETTY DODSON

Envy Males Uterus
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

Bad Confusion Images Self Sex
A monogamous marriage and family is what some women want – but not all of us. We are mostly doing serial monogamy anyway.
BETTY DODSON

Family Marriage Monogamy Want
When I found out after that first successful exhibition that the gallery wanted me to do another show like the first one, I come out two years later with four 6-foot drawings of classical nudes masturbating. The gallery director flipped the freak out!
BETTY DODSON

Successful Two Years
If you go out to dinner with someone, you find out what they prefer in food. We ought to be able to have a conversation to find out what people prefer when it comes to sex.
BETTY DODSON

People Sex Talking
It’s very hard for a man to ask questions about sex. The smart ones do.
BETTY DODSON

Men Sex Smart
The person whose face is between your legs is gonna get lockjaw.
BETTY DODSON

Faces Legs Persons

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.

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