It is this outer reach of existential abnegation – the moment where subjective identity deserts itself and becomes enslaved without consciousness of its subjugated condition – that Mirbeau consistently sought to decry with horror. - Emily Apter
Indeed, woman can be a machine run wild, or a machine can be a better, more subjugated, and efficient woman. - Françoise Meltzer
A man who does not doubt the courage of a woman, is a man that is subjugated by her will and allure. - Lionel Suggs