Kate Millet Quotes

A collection of quotes by Kate Millet.

Kate Millett (1934-2017) was an American writer, artist, and feminist activist, known for her significant contributions to second-wave feminism. She was born on September 14, 1934, in St. Paul, Minnesota. Millett earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota and later pursued postgraduate studies at both Oxford University and Columbia University.

Millett's groundbreaking work, "Sexual Politics," published in 1970, explored the relations between power, gender, and sexuality, and became an influential text for the emerging feminist movement. This book, along with her activism, played a vital role in challenging and deconstructing patriarchal structures. Millett's work advocated for women's rights, sexual liberation, and equality, making her an influential figure in the feminist movement of the 1960s and 1970s.

Throughout her career, Millett continued to write extensively and engage in feminist activism. She authored numerous other books, including "The Basement," "Flying," and "The Loony-Bin Trip," exploring subjects such as mental health, art, and politics. Millett also dedicated herself to activism, advocating for LGBTQ+ rights and environmental causes.

Kate Millett's contributions to feminist theory and her activism have left an indelible mark on the feminist movement, inspiring generations of activists and writers. She passed away on September 6, 2017, leaving behind a powerful legacy and a commitment to social justice.

Because of our social circumstances, male and female are rea

Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly different.

Kate Millet

Men & Women

Aren't women prudes if they don't and prostitutes if they do

Aren't women prudes if they don't and prostitutes if they do?

Kate Millet

Women

Prostitution, when unmotivated by economic need, might well

Prostitution, when unmotivated by economic need, might well be defined as a species of psychological addiction, built on self-hatred through repetitions of the act of sale by which a whore is defined.

Kate Millet

Prostitution

Isn't privacy about keeping taboos in their place?

Isn't privacy about keeping taboos in their place?

Kate Millet

Privacy

Coitus can scarcely be said to take place in a vacuum; altho

Coitus can scarcely be said to take place in a vacuum; although of itself it appears a biological and physical activity, it is set so deeply within the larger context of human affairs that it serves as a charged microcosm of the variety of attitudes and values to which culture subscribes. Among other things, it may serve as a model of sexual politics on an individual or personal plane.

Kate Millet

Sex

The concept of romantic love affords a means of emotional ma

The concept of romantic love affords a means of emotional manipulation which the male is free to exploit, since love is the only circumstance in which the female is (ideologically) pardoned for sexual activity.

Kate Millet

Romance

However muted its present appearance may be, sexual dominion

However muted its present appearance may be, sexual dominion obtains nevertheless as perhaps the most pervasive ideology of our culture and provides its most fundamental concept of power.

Kate Millet

Sex

The great mass of women throughout history have been confine

The great mass of women throughout history have been confined to the cultural level of animal life in providing the male with sexual outlet and exercising the animal functions of reproduction and care of the young.

Kate Millet

Women

Perhaps nothing is so depressing an index of the inhumanity

Perhaps nothing is so depressing an index of the inhumanity of the male-supremacist mentality as the fact that the more genial human traits are assigned to the underclass: affection, response to sympathy, kindness, cheerfulness.

Kate Millet

Men & Women