# Quote — Valerie Solanas, SCUM Manifesto

> The male is completely egocentric, trapped inside himself, incapable of empathizing or identifying with others, or love, friendship, affection or tenderness. He is a completely isolated unit, incapable of rapport with anyone. His responses are entirely visceral, not cerebral; his intelligence is a mere tool in the services of his drives and needs; he is incapable of mental passion, mental interaction; he can't relate to anything other than his own physical sensations. He is a half-dead, unresponsive lump, incapable of giving or receiving pleasure or happiness; consequently, he is at best an utter bore, an inoffensive blob, since only those capable of absorption in others can be charming.

- Author: [Valerie Solanas](https://www.leafyquotes.com/valerie-solanas.md)
- Book: [SCUM Manifesto](https://www.leafyquotes.com/valerie-solanas/scum-manifesto.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Valerie_Solanas#SCUM_MANIFESTO_(1967)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/valerie-solanas/scum-manifesto/the-male-is-completely

## 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)