"American society is already hospitable to passive and effeminate males. What they need is affirmation as men so that their existing androgyny does not lead to sexual suicide; to impotence and homosexuality. Contrary to the feminist view, the latitude of the two sexes is not the same. While women can venture into the masculine sphere without grave damage and can even indulge in occasional lesbianism, the greater sexual insecurity of males makes it more difficult and unsettling for them to engage in female roles. Homosexuality, moreover, can inflict permanent damage on their sexual identities. Because males must bear the burdens of initiation and performance in sexual activity, a homosexual fixation is often permanent. A man cannot be easily rescued by an aggressive woman."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
George Gilder, Sexual Suicide (New York: Quadrangle Books, 1973), p. 226
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/LGBT_in_the_United_States
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
LGBT in the United States
22 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by LGBT in the United States →
Related Quotes
"And so the question arises: How does America address its homophobic past as it moves forward into a more tolerant fut…"
"Embittered by the unexpected defeat, Briggs, who once described gay men as women trapped in men's bodies," called San…"
"What's happening now is a wholesale repudiation of the 1990s move to eject gay people from the American family, writ …"
"The 1990s are over. Newt Gingrich, who stepped down as House Speaker after the Republicans performed poorly at the po…"
"The origins of the two political movements at the heart of America's culture war are as humble as they are contempora…"
"The "silent majority," Viguerie determined, was as motivated by a constellation of family issues, exemplified by gay …"
"The most bitter showdown came in California in 1978, when state senator and gubernatorial candidate John Briggs of Fu…"
"While there are many people who accept the romantic propaganda about male homosexual existence, the life of tricks an…"
"The chief attraction of homosexual activity is that it does not require confidence or male identity or even face-to-f…"
"America is a different country now, a dozen years on from what Frank Rich described in 1999 as "[t]he homophobic epid…"