“The pain of sexual frustration, of repressed tenderness, of denied curiosity, of isolation in the ego, of greed, suppressed rebellion, of hatred poisoning all love and generosity, permeates our sexuality. What we love we destroy.”

—  Germaine Greer

"The Wet Dream Film Festival" (1971), p. 57
The Madwoman's Underclothes (1986)

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