Quotes about Rape

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I became aware of Jews in my early teens, as I started to pick up the signals from the Christian church. Not that I was — Phillip Adams
Many comedians are very proud of themselves for saying the things others are supposedly afraid to say. They are at the f — Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist
Wine had to be grapes first. Diamonds had to be rocks first. Butterflies had to be caterpillars first. Rainbows had to b — Matshona Dhliwayo
Any rapist would feel pretty dang upset to see his car packed full with rotting fish heads and limburger cheese...Also, — Inga Muscio, Cunt: A Declaration of Independence
The power of the harasser, the abuser, the rapist depends above all on the silence of women. — Ursula K. Le Guin
Not being assaulted is not a privilege to be earned through the judicious application of personal safety strategies. A w — Emily Nagoski
Poor women suffer terrible sexual violence that goes unreported. Because of their social class, these women do not have — Eve Ensler, The Vagina Monologues
Women, for their part, are always complaining that we raise them only to be vain and coquettish, that we keep them amuse — Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile or On Education
The decent man and the lover holds back even when he could obtain what he wishes. To win this silent consent is to make — Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Works of Jean Jacques Rousseau
Why do you consult [women's] words when it is not their mouths that speak? Consult their eyes, their colour, their breat — Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile
A guy never has a right to force a woman to have sex with him under any circumstances. She should be able to say no at a — James C. Dobson, Life on the Edge: The Next Generation's Guide to a Meaningful Future
And maybe it was more than that.Maybe it was actually an unspoken instant agreement between the four women on the balcon — Liane Moriarty, Big Little Lies
It is through victims such as myself who still have a voice that the world will change to be a better place. — Catherine Jane Fisher, I am Catherine Jane: The True Story of One Woman's Quest for Justice
Beauty provokes harassment, the law says, but it looks through men's eyes when deciding what provokes it. — Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Myth
And the great owners, who must lose their land in an upheaval, the great owners with access to history, with eyes to rea — John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath
What had human beings become? Did war make us evil or just activate an evil already lurking within us? — Ruta Sepetys, Salt to the Sea
People are like that .... They need to make their own worst experiences universal. It gives them a kind of support.’ And — John Irving, The Hotel New Hampshire
More commonly suffering breaks people, crushes them, and is simply unilluminating. You see how gruesomely human beings a — Saul Bellow, Herzog
Women have routinely been punished and intimidated for attempting that most simple of freedoms, taking a walk, because t — Rebecca Solnit, Wanderlust: A History of Walking
The fear of rape puts many women in their place - indoors, intimidated, dependent yet again on material barriers and pro — Rebecca Solnit, Wanderlust: A History of Walking