Not a shred of evidence supports the existence of matriarchy anywhere in the world at any time... The matriarchy hypothesis, revived by American feminism, continues to flourish outside the university. Camille Paglia More Quotes by Camille Paglia More Quotes From Camille Paglia The idea that emotion can be separated from sex is a Christian illusion, one of the most ingenious but finally unworkable strategies in Christianity's ancient campaign against pagan nature. Camille Paglia christiansexideas The moment there is imagination there is myth Camille Paglia stereotypemomentsimagination Lacan , Derrida and Foucault are the perfect prophets for the weak, anxious academic personality, trapped in verbal formulas and perennially defeated by circumstances. They offer a self-exculpating cosmic explanation for the normal professorial state of resentment, alienation, dithering passivity and inaction. Camille Paglia personalityselfperfect Great women scholars like Jane Harrison and Gisela Richter were produced by the intellectual discipline of the masculine classical tradition, not the wishy-washy sentimentalism of clingy, all-forgiving sisterhood, from which no first-rate book has yet emerged. Every year, feminists provide more and more evidence for the old charge that women can neither think nor write. Camille Paglia sisterhoodwritingbook Modernization means Westernization. Camille Paglia modernizationmean When I meet gay men anywhere in the world, there is a spontaneity and a spirit of fun and mischief that lesbians seem incapable of. Camille Paglia gayfunmen Men chase by night those they will not greet by day. Camille Paglia mennight Working moms commonly testify that they feel guilty when they are away from their children and guilty when they are not at their jobs. Devoted fathers certainly miss their children deeply, but it does not seem to be with the same gnawing, primal anxiety that often afflicts women. Camille Paglia momjobschildren It is not male hatred of women but male fear of women that is the great universal. Camille Paglia malesuniversalhatred The most successful prostitutes are invisible, because the sign of a prostitute's success is her absolute blending with the environment. She's so shrewd, she never becomes visible. She never gets in trouble. She has command of her life, and her clients. Camille Paglia environmentclientssuccessful Much violence against women originates in emotional territory that they already command. By midlife and early old age, as the hormones of both genders change, women are in total, despotic control of their marriages. Camille Paglia midlifeemotionalage Most people aren't sure what's going to happen on a first date. Given that ambiguity, every woman must be totally aware at every moment that she is responsible for every choice she makes... protect yourselves. See trouble coming. Camille Paglia choicespeoplefirsts The unhappy truth is that male homosexuality will never be fully accepted by the heterosexual majority, who are obeying the dictates not of bigoted society or religion but of procreative nature. Camille Paglia malesmajorityunhappy Anyone who gets his or her political news primarily from the New York Times (which made the ethically challenged carpetbagger Hillary a senator) is a fool. Camille Paglia newspoliticalnew-york Your life is a Fellini film, lacking only Anita Ekberg with a cat on her head. Camille Paglia filmcatlife-is Science cannot avert a single thunderbolt. Camille Paglia thunderboltsaccountsscience Beware of the manipulativeness of rich students who were neglected by their parents. They love to turn the campus into hysterical psychodramas of sexual transgression, followed by assertions of parental authority and concern. And don't look for sexual enlightenment from academe, which spews out mountains of books but never looks at life directly. Camille Paglia enlightenmentparentbook [W]earisome as it may seem, women must realize that, in making a commitment to a man, they have merged in his unconscious with his mother and have therefore inherited the ambivalence of that relationship. Camille Paglia mothermaycommitment A serious problem in America is the gap between academe and the mass media, which is our culture. Professors of humanities, with all their leftist fantasies, have little direct knowledge of American life and no impact whatever on public policy. Camille Paglia impactmediaamerica Television is actually closer to reality than anything in books. The madness of TV is the madness of human life. Camille Paglia tvsbookreality
