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 DODSONMen are hung up on breasts. They’re looking at the titty dinner. It’s pathetic.
More Betty Dodson Quotes
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We are at war with men, and most women don’t even know it.
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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.
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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.
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A monogamous marriage and family is what some women want – but not all of us. We are mostly doing serial monogamy anyway.
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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 think I should get the Nobel Peace Prize before I die for ending the war between the sexes.
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It’s very hard for a man to ask questions about sex. The smart ones do.
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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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I consider myself a lesbian, but I’m a bisexual lesbian.
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The person whose face is between your legs is gonna get lockjaw.
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Sacrifice, sacrifice, sacrifice! That’s the condition of the female. Women have been conditioned to sacrifice for centuries.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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