Quotes by Kate Millett

About Kate Millett:

Katherine Murray is an American feminist writer, educator, artist, and activist. She attended Oxford University and was the first American woman to be awarded a postgraduate degree with first-class honors by St. Hilda's. She has been described as "a seminal influence on second-wave feminism", and is best known for her 1970 book Sexual Politics," which was her doctoral dissertation at Columbia University. Journalist Liza Featherstone attributes previously unimaginable "legal abortion, greater professional equality between the sexes and a sexual freedom" being made possible partially due to Millett's efforts.
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Some writers have even argued that it may be possible to wean sex offenders away from their criminal activities through the use of pornography - with pornography acting as a substitute for sexual acts rather than a stimulant. This ties in with the ar...

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It is necessary to realize that the most sacrosanct article of sexual politics in the period, the Victorian doctrine of chivalrous protection and its familiar protestations of respect, rests upon the tacit assumption, a cleverly expeditious bit of hu...

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Patriarchy, reformed or unreformed, is patriarchy still: its worst abuses purged or foresworn, it might actually be more stable and secure than before.

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The different strategies and visions of ‘reformists’ and ‘radicals’ are not the only subject of major debate within lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer politics. The fact is that only a tiny minority of non-heterosexuals are involved in any sort...

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[W]hether it is debates over men sharing housework and child-rearing, the ‘crisis’ of marriage and behind that the broader crisis of male-female relationships in adjusting to social change, or the increased sympathy for (or at least tolerance of)...

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Coitus can scarcely be said to take place in a vacuum; although of itself it appears a biological and physical activity, it is set so deeply within the larger context of human affairs that it serves as a charged microcosm of the variety of attitudes ...

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Hell, I don't want to grow old at all. I never want to die.

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I saw hell. The hospital had divided and conquered pretty successfully.

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I'm slammed with an identity that can no longer say a word; mute with responsibility.

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In those days, when you got boxed, that was it. A lot of old people were there because somebody wanted the farm. It was about property. People are treated like property.

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It was horrifying. You wouldn't believe how people are treated there. You could see that these people had withdrawn so far that they just lived in their own minds. They did terrible things to themselves.

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My sister said, You're making it hard for all us housewives in Nebraska.

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They weren't crazy. They were tired of being locked up. Even I could see that.

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This country is becoming increasingly authoritarian. It's based on capital punishment.

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Isn't privacy about keeping taboos in their place?

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They are more beautiful than anything in the world, kinetic sculptures, perfect form in motion.

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You won't do any more housework? Then you go to the bin.

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The involuntary character of psychiatric treatment is at odds with the spirit and ethics of medicine itself.

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With the first act of cruelty committed in the name of revolution, with the first murder, with the first purge and execution, we have lost the revolution.

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What is our freedom fight about? Is it about the liberation of children or just having sex with them?

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Author Bio

  • NameKate Millett
  • DescriptionWriter, activist
  • BornSeptember 14, 1934
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Film Director; Sculptor
  • AwardsCourage Award For The Arts; National Women's Hall Of Fame