13 Quotes About Lesbianism

Lesbianism is a word that has been thrown around so often, it has become a common term with little meaning. It's true that many lesbians have had very happy lives, with relationships which have lasted for decades. But the term itself has taken on so much baggage, it's hard to know what to think - especially when it comes to the subject of sexuality. If you're anything like me, you've probably done most of your thinking about 'lesbianism' based on what you've heard from others, rather than what you've learned for yourself Read more

So let's take a look at some of the most common misconceptions about lesbianism and how they got there.

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You don’t need princes to save you. I don’t have a lot of patience for stories in which women are rescued by men. Neil Gaiman
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It never occurs to one to think whether she is pretty or ugly. One just surrenders to her charm. Unknown
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Feminism is the theory. Lesbianism is the practice. Alison Bechdel
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The woman who refuses to see her sexual organs as mere wood chips, designed to make the man's life more comfortable, is in danger of becoming a lesbian--an active, phallic woman, an intellectual virago with a fire of her own .. The lesbian body is a particularly pernicious and depraved version of the female body in general; it is susceptible to auto-eroticism, clitoral pleasure and self-actualization. Sigmund Freud
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I really feel that people who have problem with Lesbians‬, Gays‬ and Transgenders‬, should be blessed with any one of them Only to realize that they are human beings too.. Let them live peacefully for gods sake! Honeya
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I am usually able to tolerate all kinds of victims of indoctrination except those who have been infected with xenophobia, racism, or homophobia. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Nature has made a mistake in the choice of my sexuality and I must do a life-long penance for it, for the moral power to suffer the unavoidable with dignity is lost. Richard Von KrafftEbing
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The game never changes, you must be in the secret before you are shown to the public. Michael Bassey Johnson
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I kissed her and forgot death. Jeanette Winterson
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There is nothing mixed up about a woman who loves women, who wants to have sex with them, or who identifies as a lesbian. It is society that is mixed up because it punishes people for not conforming to its gender stereotypes. Edward Stein
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Caroline, beside herself, dragged me down to her, her breast was against mine, and by a circular movement seemed to caress it. The pretty strawberries which crowned her breasts, jealous at meeting others as fair, endeavoured to engage them in combat. Unknown
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You really are exotic, for boys in my country, they do not have such pectorals. I like yours. Steven L. Sheppard