#sexualit

Being an American is about having the right to be who you are. Sometimes that doesn't happen. ↗

— Herb Ritts

#americans #civil-rights #expression #gay-rights #homosexuality

My mother wanted me to understand that as a woman I could do pretty much whatever I wanted to, that I didn't have to use sex or sexuality to define myself. ↗

— Suzanne Vega

#define #i #me #mother #much

Latin women are very comfortable with their bodies and their sexuality. We aren't afraid to show that off a little bit more. ↗

— Sofia Vergara

#bit #bodies #comfortable #latin #latin women

Is the beauty myth good to men? It hurts them by teaching them how to avoid loving women. It prevents men from actually seeing women. It does not, contrary to its own professed ideology, stimulate and gratify sexual longing. In suggesting a vision in place of a woman, it has a numbing effect, reducing all senses but the visual, and impairing even that. ↗

— Naomi Wolf

#beauty #body-image #cosmetic-surgery #cosmetics #culture

I am not a prisoner of my sexuality like men younger than myself although I write about being a prisoner. ↗

— Al Goldstein

#although #am #being #i #i am

Societies in which women have lots of autonomy and authority tend to be decidedly male-friendly, relaxed, tolerant, and plenty sexy. Got that, fellas? If you're unhappy at the amount of sexual opportunity in your life, don't blame the women. Instead, make sure they have equal access to power, wealth and status. Then watch what happens. ↗

— Cacilda Jethá

#human-sexuality #women-s-rights #equality

And for anyone who ever thought that Ellen and I broke it off because of sexuality, you couldn't be more mistaken. And for anyone who thought my mother's prayers had anything to do with me marrying a man, forget it. ↗

— Anne Heche

#anything #because #broke #ellen #ever

Well, I grew up around the magazine and was part of a generation that was embracing our sexuality. ↗

— Christie Hefner

#embracing #generation #grew #i #magazine

I don't mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it's based on femininity. ↗

— Marilyn Monroe

#beauty #glamour #sexuality #art

I keep reading that I'm cold. But I'm not, I'm shy. And I play a lot of women of fire and sexuality like an animal - so I'm cold on one side and fiery on the other. ↗

— Emmanuelle Beart

#cold #fiery #fire #i #keep