“Perhaps the concept of shame applies to only women but not men. Maybe because she was a ‘prostitute’ she was able to write crude depictions of sex without shame. In that case, it surely must not suit the supposed learned men to depict conjugal pleasures in the same way?”
as a sarcastic retort to criticism of the original work and her 1910 edition containing sexual/erotic passages, believed to being unsuitable for women
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the wording of the quote is different in the sources provided(probably due to translation), but the tonality and meaning are similar.
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As quoted in "Queen of Physics", Newsweek (20 May 1963) no. 61, 20.
"Prostitution and Male Supremacy" http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACLU/dworkin/MichLawJourI.html (1993), Michigan Journal of Gender and Law 1(1):1–12. Reprinted in Life and Death (1997), p 139–51.
Often paraphrased as "Incest is boot camp for prostitution".

Source: Titans of Chaos (2007), Chapter 10, “Love’s Proper Hue” Section 8 (p. 162)


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