# Quote — Valerie Solanas, SCUM Manifesto

> He ["the male"] is trapped in a twilight zone halfway between humans and apes, and is far worse off than apes, because he is, first of all, capable of a large array of negative feelings that the apes aren't - hate, jealousy, contempt, disgust, guilt, shame, disgrace, doubt - and, secondly, he is aware of what he is and isn't.

- Author: [Valerie Solanas](https://www.leafyquotes.com/valerie-solanas.md)
- Book: [SCUM Manifesto](https://www.leafyquotes.com/valerie-solanas/scum-manifesto.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/valerie-solanas/scum-manifesto/he-the-male

## More from this book

> "Life" in this "society" being, at best, an utter bore and no aspect of "society" being at all relevant to women, there remains to civic-minded, responsible, thrill-seeking females only to overthrow the government, eliminate the money system, institute complete automation and eliminate the male sex.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/valerie-solanas/scum-manifesto/life-in-this.md)

> A true community consists of individuals - not mere species members, not couples - respecting each others individuality and privacy while at the same time interacting with each other mentally and emotionally - free spirits in free relation to each other - and co-operating with each other to achieve common ends. Traditionalists say the basic unit of "society" is the family; "hippies" say the tribe; noone says the individual.

p. 7 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/valerie-solanas/scum-manifesto/a-true-community.md)

> Love can't flourish in a "society" based on money and meaningless work, but rather requires complete economic, as well as personal, freedom, leisure time and the opportunity to engage in intensely absorbing, emotionally satisfying activities which, when shared with those you respect, lead to deep friendship, but which our "society" provides practically no opportunity to engage in.

p. 11 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/valerie-solanas/scum-manifesto/love-cant-flourish.md)