Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up.
Source: Homosexuality at the Fin de Si?cle, in Esquire, (New York), Oct. 1991; repr. in Sex, Art, and American Culture, 1992.
-- Camille Paglia, (Apr 2 1947-____), US actress, writer; She wrote Sensual Personae, 1990; controversial in her critique of feminism.