Quotes by Esther Vilar

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“When will women become civilized enough to stop mistreating men? When will they cease from training their lovers to become providers, merely because they have the power to do so?As long as they con...”

— Esther Vilar

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“A man who wants to gain power over a woman must follow the example of women and condition his sex drive. If he succeeds in becoming as cold as she, she can no longer bait him with sex into the role...”

— Esther Vilar, The Polygamous Sex

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“Power consists in making oneself the goal of another person's social instincts, without seeking to satisfy one's own social instincts through him. The other then does everything one asks. Powerless...”

— Esther Vilar, The Polygamous Sex

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“A friend or an enemy can tell me something about my subjective being, a casual lover can judge my body the man I love judges my entire being. Every one of his caresses tells me how I am: attractiv...”

— Esther Vilar, The Polygamous Sex

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“Male aggressiveness consists in asking a woman to have intercourse and waiting for her to say yes, or a definite no. Skilful tacticians enhance their chances of making out by distributing their att...”

— Esther Vilar, The Polygamous Sex

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