[lbo-talk] the decline of men

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Apr 14 20:15:29 PDT 2011


On Apr 14, 2011, at 10:10 PM, Matthias Wasser wrote:


> "Her sexuality determines her long term goals. As a very physiological
> consciousness, she knows she can bear and nurture children. She has a
> central role in the very perpetuation of the species...The Women’s Movement
> tragically reduces female sexuality to the terms of male sexuality. When
> this happens, she reduces herself to the male level of recreational sex.
> Paradoxically, when that happens the woman loses all her power over men and
> the reverence and respect toward the procreative potential of woman is lost.
> And that really destroys the family. But if the power of “choice” is given
> up, the woman actually ascends to a higher level of sexuality and her body
> attains an almost mystical power over men.*.."
>
> *Ha ha, this is great. Is the whole book like this?

Weirder even. The passages about the gay men wandering the streets with bulging jeans are sublime.



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