Camille Paglia Quotes

Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.

I've never found it any tougher being a woman than a man, but I've always been the boss.

Girls run the world.

Yet consider now, whether women are not quite past sense and reason, when they want to rule over men.

I want to dominate the man's world.

Some men think that if you're empowered and sure of yourself then you're a man-hater, but it's like, 'No, I'm just the same as you are, but maybe just a tiny bit more confident.'

There are two kinds of women, those who want power in the world and those who want power in bed.

What difference does it make whether the women rule or the rulers are ruled by women? The result is the same.

The woman is always the boss.

We were not born to sue, but to command.

I have plumbed the depth of human cowardice and I realized that there is only one way to be right, and that is to be in power.

Woman, I tell you, is a microcosm; and rightly to rule her, requires as great talents as to govern a state.

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.

He knows that you have ability and what he does is he manipulates it and sort of empowers you.

I like the men to wear the pants. I don't want to wear the pants. I like men who know what they want, know what they're doing, make their own decisions... As much as I like to be the controller, it's not in my best interest.

There are some people who still feel threatened by strong women. That's their problem. It's not mine.

'Power' is an explosive word, particularly when applied to women.

We women are going to bring change. We are speaking up for girls' rights, but we must not behave like men, like they have done in the past.

Women are not pals enough with men, so we must make ourselves indispensable. After all, we have the greatest weapon in our hands by just being women.

I don't remember a single day during the time I was minister of gender, foreign minister, vice-president and president when I saw anything on the part of the men that indicated they were undermining me.

My mom was sarcastic about men. She would tell me Adam was the rough draft and Eve was the final product. She was a feminist minister, an earth mom who wore a bra only on Sundays.

I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man.

How does a woman in authority convey that authority? Is it possible for a woman to rule without sounding shrill? Is it possible for a woman to manage without manipulating? All of these things seem to me to be very much at the fore today, and were no less the case 2,000 years ago.

Women's strong qualities have become despised because of their weakness. The obvious remedy is to create a feminine character with all the strength of Superman plus all the allure of a good and beautiful woman.

In the face of patriarchy, it is a brave act indeed for both men and women to embrace, rather than shame or attempt to eradicate, the feminine.