Parasitism – (Noun)
Definition: the behavior of a parasite (a person or thing that takes something from someone or something else and does not do anything to earn it or deserve it.)
Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parasitism
Found in: Mina Loy, “Feminist Manifesto”
Quote: “As conditions are at present constituted—you have the choice between Parasitism, & Prostitution —-or Negation.”
What I understand now what Loy was trying to say is that in that specific time women didn’t have much of a choice. They were either having something taken away from them without choice or being denied the truth.
This is a really important point in Loy’s text, so I want to think this through even more carefully. Who is she saying has the choice, and what are the choices? What does it mean to be a parasite in this instance? How does that relate to the other two options?