"To call a man an animal is to flatter him; he's a machine, a walking dildo"
- Valerie Solanas
About this Quote
Valerie Solanas' quote is a critique of the way in which society views and deals with men. She is suggesting that guys are not seen as complex, psychological beings, however rather as challenge be utilized and controlled. By calling a guy an animal, she indicates that he is viewed as a lower being, with no genuine autonomy or control over his own life. By calling him a maker, she indicates that he is seen as a tool, a way to an end, without any real purpose or worth beyond what he can supply. Finally, by calling him a walking dildo, she implies that he is viewed as a sexual object, without any genuine psychological connection or value beyond his physical characteristics. In this way, Solanas is critiquing the way in which guys are viewed and treated in society, and suggesting that they must be viewed as more than just objects to be used and manipulated.
This quote is written / told by Valerie Solanas between April 9, 1936 and April 26, 1988. She was a famous Writer from USA.
The author also have 1 other quotes.
"Often and often afterwards, the beloved Aunt would ask me why I had never told anyone how I was being treated. Children tell little more than animals, for what comes to them they accept as eternally established"
"Certainly it is wrong to be cruel to animals and the destruction of a whole species can be a great evil. The capacity for feelings of pleasure and pain and for the form of life of which animals are capable clearly impose duties of compassion and humanity in their case"
"Independence is all very well, but we animals never allow our friends to make fools of themselves beyond a certain limit; and that limit you've reached"
