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Paglia is an outspoken critic of antisex values, especially as applied to BoyLove. | Paglia, a leading American feminist academic, is an outspoken critic of antisex values, especially as applied to BoyLove. | ||
:''"Contemporary gays who try to distance themselves from this issue of boy-love are in effect committing cultural suicide. They're cutting themselves from all the highest achievements of gay men..... Because I am a woman, and therefore I cannot be charged with man-boy love, I felt I had a moral obligation - and I don't recognize morality in most areas of life - a moral obligation to speak out against this kind of persecution in puritan Protestant culture, this persecution of a sensibility that as far as I can see has been intertwined with the highest achievements of art and intellect since the period of classical Athens".'' | :''"Contemporary gays who try to distance themselves from this issue of boy-love are in effect committing cultural suicide. They're cutting themselves off from all the highest achievements of gay men..... Because I am a woman, and therefore I cannot be charged with man-boy love, I felt I had a moral obligation - and I don't recognize morality in most areas of life - a moral obligation to speak out against this kind of persecution in puritan Protestant culture, this persecution of a sensibility that as far as I can see has been intertwined with the highest achievements of art and intellect since the period of classical Athens".'' | ||
Source: http://home.wanadoo.nl/ipce/library_two/files/paglia_guide.htm | Source: http://home.wanadoo.nl/ipce/library_two/files/paglia_guide.htm | ||
Revision as of 13:41, 21 May 2009
Paglia, a leading American feminist academic, is an outspoken critic of antisex values, especially as applied to BoyLove.
- "Contemporary gays who try to distance themselves from this issue of boy-love are in effect committing cultural suicide. They're cutting themselves off from all the highest achievements of gay men..... Because I am a woman, and therefore I cannot be charged with man-boy love, I felt I had a moral obligation - and I don't recognize morality in most areas of life - a moral obligation to speak out against this kind of persecution in puritan Protestant culture, this persecution of a sensibility that as far as I can see has been intertwined with the highest achievements of art and intellect since the period of classical Athens".
Source: http://home.wanadoo.nl/ipce/library_two/files/paglia_guide.htm