Lynn Enright > Quotes

“We have been far taught more about shame than about our anatomy.”
― Lynn Enright, Vagina: A Re-education

“Basically, in a lot of sex education, the male orgasm is pretty much framed as the point of sex and vaginas are there as a sort of receptacle. And that focus on the male orgasm leads to a situation where girls – and boys – see male sexuality as more important, more dominant than female sexuality”
― Lynn Enright, Vagina: A Re-education

“marriage protects your love in the moments of non-love.”
― Lynn Enright, 38 Reasons I Want To Marry My Boyfriend

“What I think is common is that she exists in a society that discourages her from looking underneath too often; she exists in a society where misinformation about the vagina is rife, where women’s sexuality is discouraged and shamed. It starts early, with the sex education that most of us receive, where there is an emphasis on men’s orgasms and male ejaculation.”
― Lynn Enright

“Because love, hardy as it is, occasionally disappears; as it mutates from something giddy and ephemeral into something solid and reassuring, it can slope off quietly or flee dramatically. And it’s terrifying, those times of non-love, whichever side you’re on.”
― Lynn Enright, 38 Reasons I Want To Marry My Boyfriend