To be worshiped is not freedom.

- Shulamith Firestone

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, will not be given up without a struggle.

- Shulamith Firestone

Feminism, when it truly achieves its goals, will crack through the most basic structures of our society.

- Shulamith Firestone

Women were the slave class that maintained the species in order to free the other half for the business of the world.

- Shulamith Firestone

Romanticism is a cultural tool of male power to keep women from knowing their conditions.

- Shulamith Firestone

Women and love are underpinnings. Examine them and you threaten the very structure of culture.

- Shulamith Firestone

In my own case, I had to train myself out of that phony smile, which is like a nervous tic on every teenage girl. And this meant that I smiled rarely…

- Shulamith Firestone

(Male) culture was (and is) parasitical, feeding on the emotional strength of women without reciprocity.

- Shulamith Firestone

The best way to raise a child is to LAY OFF!

- Shulamith Firestone