: This represents order, logic, and the "male" drive to build, categorize, and create a safe structure for society.
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 Sexual Personae
: She argues that "sex is a far darker power than feminism has admitted," suggesting that whenever sexual freedom is achieved, darker rituals like sadomasochism are never far behind. : This represents order, logic, and the "male"