“When prostitution is a crime, the message conveyed is that women who are sexual are "bad," and therefore legitimate victims of sexual assault. Sex becomes a weapon to be used by men.” MenUsedSexCrimeMessagesWeaponsVictimAssaultProstitutionSexual AssaultCourtesans Author:Margo St. James
“In the sex-war, thoughtlessness is a weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female. Both are reciprocally generated, but a woman's desire for revenge outlasts all other emotion. Yet when every unkind word about women has been said, we have still to admit, with Byron, that they are nicer than men. They are more devoted, more unselfish and more emotionally sincere. When the long fuse of cruelty, deceit and revenge is set alight, it is male thoughtlessness which has fired it.” MenLongHas BeensSaidStillsWarDesireSexWomenEmotionWeaponsFemaleMalesRevengeCrueltyDeceitSincereDevotedUnkindUnselfishKind WordsFuseByronThoughtlessnessVindictivenessUnkind Words Author:Cyril Connolly
“Sex is a game, a weapon, a toy, a joy, a trance, an enlightenment, a loss, a hope.” JoyGamesSexLossWeaponsEnlightenmentToysTrance Author:Sallie Tisdale
“What I wanted most of all was to use sex as a weapon to allure, subjugate, and, if possible, destroy the personality of others.” IfsUseWantedSexPersonalityWeaponsAllure Author:Quentin Crisp