“Men's pain and existential angst are the stuff of myth and legend and narratives that shape everything we do, but women's pain is a backdrop - a plot development to push the story along for the real protagonists. Disrupting that story means we're needy or selfish, or worst of all, man-haters - as if after all men have done to women over the ages the mere act of not liking them for it is most offensive.”
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Jessica Valenti, born on November 1, 1978, is an American writer whose work primarily focuses on gender, politics, and social justice issues. Her notable works include 'The Purity Myth: Challenging the Sexual Orthodoxy of the American Right'. more
“ওগো নারীবাদী তীব্র লেখনী একটিবার কি কোমল আননে চেয়ে দেখবে না, এই নতজানু হাত-জোড়-করা পুরুষ পাপীকে?”
“A man writes to separate himself from the common history. A woman writes to join it.”
“Dans un système inégalitaire, un récit pèse parfois plus lourd que vingt.”
“Consider yourselves warned, motherfuckers.”