Paglia experienced the rebellious 1960s as a high school student. Because she was attracted to women in high school, she assumed she was a lesbian, but, as she told Playboy, "it wasn't possible for me to do anything about my attraction to women. Lesbianism didn't exist in that time, as far as I knew. . . . I always felt frustrated and excluded, looking in from a distance." This stance marked the beginning of her own rebellion against social norms. In later years she would find that lesbians disliked her because of her belief that most women are bisexual. Her relationships with men, on the other hand, continued to be compromised by her lack of patience and unwillingness to assume the role of nurturer.
Although feeling excluded socially, Paglia excelled academically and in college graduated valedictorian at the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1968. She went on to spent four years at Yale University, earning her Ph.D. in English before taking a teaching position at Bennington College in Vermont.
Became College Teacher
Paglia's seven years at Bennington were unsatisfying, to say the least.
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