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“Female heterosexuality is not a biological drive or an individual women's erotic attraction or attachment to another human animal which happens to be male. Female heterosexuality is a set of social institutions and practices... Those definitions... are about the oppression and exploitation of women by men.”

Quote by Marilyn Frye

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Marilyn Frye is an American philosopher known for her contributions to feminism and critical theory. Her work focuses on the philosophical analysis of gender, power, and oppression, particularly her description of the dynamics of oppression. more

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