The thrill of terror is passive, masochistic, and implicitly feminine. It is imaginative submission to overwhelming superior force. (Camille Paglia)

The thrill of terror is passive, masochistic, and implicitly feminine. It is imaginative submission to overwhelming superior force.

Camille Paglia

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