Sexual — Personae

The book became a flashpoint for debate due to Paglia's uncompromising and often controversial stances:

: This represents order, logic, and the "male" drive to build, categorize, and create a safe structure for society. Sexual Personae

In Paglia's view, art is the battlefield where these forces meet. From the regal, rigid beauty of to the internal, explosive poetry of Emily Dickinson , she traces how artists have attempted to trap the "Dionysian" within "Apollonian" forms. A Provocative Worldview The book became a flashpoint for debate due

: Paglia posits that men created civilization as a defensive "Apollonian" response to the overwhelming power of women and nature. and the "male" drive to build

Paglia's story of Western culture is defined by a central conflict between two ancient Greek forces: