“Biologically speaking, if something bites you, it is more likely to be female.”
Desmond Morris (1928) English zoologist, ethologist and surrealist painter
“Because boys lack a biological marker like menstruation, to be man is to be not female.”
Contemporary feminism called this "misogyny," but it was wrong. Masculine identity is embattled and fragile. In the absence of opportunity for heroic physical action, as in the modern office world, women's goodwill is crucial for preserving the male ego, which requires, alas, daily maintenance. It is in the best interests of the human race, and of women themselves, for men to be strong.
Source: Vamps and Tramps (1994), "No Law in the Arena: A Pagan Theory of Sexuality", p. 85
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Context: I want to speak to you first of all as regards your duties as boys; and in the next place as regards your duties as men; and the two things hang together. The same qualities that make a decent boy make a decent man. They have different manifestations, but fundamentally they are the same. If a boy has not got pluck and honesty and common-sense he is a pretty poor creature; and he is a worse creature if he is a man and lacks any one of those three traits.
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Source: SCUM MANIFESTO (1967), p. [1] ("y(male)" & "x(female)" spaceless in original).
