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Dale Spender
Dale Spender

Dale Spender is a British writer born on September 22, 1943. His works cover a range of fields including literary criticism, gender studies, and cultural theory, known for his unique perspective and profound insights. more

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“La globalización de la lucha feminista conlleva el horror y la emoción de observar que en cualquier parte puede suceder lo mismo: muerte y revolución y maltrato y sororidad y violencia y batalla. Elegid un país, el que sea: allí también hay violaciones, maltratos, asesinatos. Elegid otro país, no importa cual: allí también habrá resistencia.”

“Women have evolved, and we are starting to recognize our strength and the influence that comes with it. We are beginning to realize that in this day and age, submissiveness does not allow us to have the upper hand, but obtaining the respect of a man does.”

“Of the cultural causes of misogyny, rejection of or guilt about sex is the most obvious. It leads naturally to the degradation of woman as the sexual object and the projection onto her of lust and the desire to seduce, which a man must repress in himself. At the same time that he denigrated woman’s sexual function, the preoccupation with sex resulting from the attempt to repress desire is apt to make him see her exclusively as a sexual being, more lustful than man and not spiritual at all….Misogyny can also develop as a result of the idealization with which men have glorified women as mistresses, wives, and mothers. This has led to a natural reaction, a desire to tear down what has been raised unduly high.”