The women working at abortion clinics are really on the front lines and the true heroes of feminism.
BETTY DODSONThe 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.
More Betty Dodson Quotes
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I’m fully aware had I stayed with my art, I would be well known, respected and most likely rich.
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I consider myself a lesbian, but I’m a bisexual lesbian.
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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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The powers that be understand that sexual freedom or liberation with any kind of joy means they are losing control.
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We are at war with men, and most women don’t even know it.
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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 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.
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The person whose face is between your legs is gonna get lockjaw.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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Men are hung up on breasts. They’re looking at the titty dinner. It’s pathetic.
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Because orgasmic sex would lead to women’s autonomy, knowing who you are and what we want: Women are not going to follow what some jackass tells us we must do.
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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!
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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.
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