The family as we know it is a patriarchal institution design... - Shulamith Firestone

"The family as we know it is a patriarchal institution designed to control women's sexuality and labor."

Shulamith Firestone Family

Feminist Theorist, Activist American 1945–2012

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"The personal is political."

"Women are not inherently passive or peaceful. We're not inherently anything but human."

"The nuclear family must be destroyed, and people must find better ways of living together."

"Love is the pivot of the world."

"A man's home is his castle."

"Family is everything to me."

"Life's greatest treasure is the love of family."

"A woman's place is in the home... making it a happy one."