: This is the "female" force of nature—chaos, instinct, and the primal urges that civilization tries to suppress but can never fully extinguish.
The book became a flashpoint for debate due to Paglia's uncompromising and often controversial stances: Sexual Personae
: Paglia posits that men created civilization as a defensive "Apollonian" response to the overwhelming power of women and nature. : This is the "female" force of nature—chaos,