“Jail sentences have many functions, but one is surely to send a message about what our society abhors and what it values. This week, the equation was twofold: female infidelity twice as bad as male abuse, the life of a woman half as valuable as that of a man. The killing of the woman taken in adultery has a long history and survives today in many cultures. One of those is our own.” MenLongTodayLawValuesCultureHalfTakenWeekMessagesFemaleAbuseFunctionMalesKillingInjusticeValuableSentencesOur SocietyJailMisogynyInfidelityEquationsAdultery Author:Anna Quindlen
“The virtue of female slaves is wholly at the mercy of irresponsible tyrants, and women are bought and sold in our slave markets, to gratify the brutal lust of those who bear the name of Christians.” ChristianNamesVirtueBearsFemaleMercyAbuseSlaverySlaveLustAfrican AmericanTyrantsBrutalIrresponsibleAfrican American Women Book:Letters on the equality of the sexes, and the condition of woman: Addressed to Mary S. Parker Source: Letters on the equality of the sexes, and the condition of woman: Addressed to Mary S. Parker
“When a female character sets herself on fire in an effort to interrupt her culture's violent abuse of disenfranchised people, or physically tortures and punishes her guardian rapist, or picks up a gun and fights back in ways that make her not pretty, or aggressively rejects her role as the object of desire, or even when she waddles off into the woods to squat and have a baby without the safety and expertise of hospitals and doctors, these are the kinds of violences and stories we can learn from.” PeopleWayKindCharacterStoriesDesireCultureFightingEffortRolesFireViolenceObjectsBabyPicksGunFemaleDoctorsAbuseSafetyWoodsViolentTortureRejectsHospitalsGuardianExpertiseFemale CharactersSquatNot PrettyDisenfranchisedObjects Of Desire Author:Lidia Yuknavitch
“I don't really mind it when Trudeau calls himself a feminist because, you know, he did the half-female cabinet; that's something to be proud of. On the other hand, when you look at that recent Russian spousal abuse law or attacks on abortion in the U.S, you have to say that's a human rights issue, and feminism is just human rights.” KnowsMindHumansLooksHandsLawHalfIssuesRightsFeminismProudFemaleAbuseHuman RightsFeministAbortionBe ProudCabinets Author:Stephen Marche
“There is female-on-male spouse abuse. There are women who hit their husbands. But there must have been something that caused that because otherwise it wouldn't have happened.” Has BeensHappenedHusbandFemaleAbuseMalesSpouse Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Female sexuality is presented in our culture as a male fantasy, which doesn't include the reality of the abuse, the pleasure, the pain, the power, the complexity of women's sexuality.” RealityPainCulturePleasureFantasyFemaleAbuseSexualityComplexity Author:Deborah Kampmeier
“Sexism is the foundation on which all tyranny is built. Every social form of hierarchy and abuse is modeled on male-over-female domination.” FormSocialPeaceBuiltFemaleAbuseFoundationMalesTyrannySexismDominationHierarchySocial Hierarchy Author:Andrea Dworkin