Frases de Shulamith Firestone

Shulamith "Shulie" Firestone foi uma feminista canadense-americana, figura central no desenvolvimento inicial do feminismo radical e de segunda onda. Firestone foi uma das fundadoras de três grupos feministas radicais: New York Radical Women, Redstockings e New York Radical Feminists.

Em 1970, Firestone escreveu The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution. Publicado em setembro daquele ano, o livro se tornou um texto feminista influente. Naomi Wolf disse sobre o livro em 2012: "Ninguém pode entender como o feminismo evoluiu sem ler este marco radical e inflamatório da segunda onda. Wikipedia  

✵ 7. Janeiro 1945 – 28. Agosto 2012
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Shulamith Firestone: Frases em inglês

“There is some irony in the fact that children imagine that parents can do what they want, and parents imagine that children do.”

Shulamith Firestone livro The Dialectic of Sex

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The Dialectic of Sex (1970)

“The myth of childhood has an even greater parallel in the myth of Femininity. Both women and children were considered asexual and thus"purer" than man. Their inferior status was ill-concealed under an elaborate "respect."”

Shulamith Firestone livro The Dialectic of Sex

One didn't discuss serious matters nor did one curse in from of women and children; one didn't openly degrade them, one did it behind their backs.

Chapter Four
The Dialectic of Sex (1970)

“There is some irony in the fact that children imagine that parents can do what they want, and parents imagine that children do. "When I grow up..." parallels "Oh to be a child again..."”

Shulamith Firestone livro The Dialectic of Sex

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The Dialectic of Sex (1970)

“Women have been allowed to achieve individuality only though their appearance.”

Shulamith Firestone livro The Dialectic of Sex

The Dialectic of Sex (1970)

“Contemporary slang reflects this animal state: children are "mice," "rabbits," "kittens," women are called "chicks," in England "birds," "hens," "dumb clucks," "silly geese," "old mares," "bitches."”

Shulamith Firestone livro The Dialectic of Sex

Similar terminology is used about males as a defamation of character, or more broadly only about pressed males males: stud, wold, cat, stag, jack - and then it is used much more rarely, and often with a specifically sexual connotation.

Chapter Four
The Dialectic of Sex (1970)