Betty Dodson Quotes
We are constantly protecting the male ego, and it's a disservice to men. If a man has any sensitivity or intelligence, he wants to get the straight scoop from his girlfriend.
Masturbation is our first and natural form of sexual activity and if that's inhibited or damaged, then we suffer for the rest of our lives.
Sacrifice, sacrifice, sacrifice! That's the condition of the female. Women have been conditioned to sacrifice for centuries.
The powers that be understand that sexual freedom or liberation with any kind of joy means they are losing control.
A monogamous marriage and family is what some women want - but not all of us. We are mostly doing serial monogamy anyway.
When I do documentaries, my best information ends up on the cutting-room floor. People have trouble dealing with sexual honesty.
The media only wants to get the view of the flaming radicals because they make better copy than those of us who are more sensible. I'm a feminist and I think I've done a lot of good.
Instead of being a well-known painter, I became everybody's favorite dirty joke. Come to think of it, teaching masturbation skills is pretty weird.
The first thing the male establishment wants to control is uterus and birth. You might call it womb envy. But even worse is the fact we are still using the male model of sexual response for women.
The women working at abortion clinics are really on the front lines and the true heroes of feminism.
If you tell a child "Don't touch yourself there," they will deal with some kind of sexual problem from then on, to one degree or other.
It's just blind luck when a woman is born into a wealthy family and attends the best colleges and joins top sororities.
Women don't run around saying, "Oh, I took a Bodysex workshop, and I had so much fun, and Betty Dodson taught us how to blah blah." They come, they go, and I rarely hear from them again.
I'm fully aware had I stayed with my art, I would be well known, respected and most likely rich.
It was easy to leave the art world after I found out that it was just another corporation. When they told me I had to create the same thing, I rebelled.
Although my Dad was a talented calligrapher and both of my younger brothers were successful, I was the first one in my family to graduate from high school.
The galleries are simply corporations in the art world - "Here's a million dollars for this latest piece of crap" - but I'm not about to go along with the gallery system.