“Butterfield 8, with its call-girl heroine working her way down the alphabet of men from Amherst to Yale, appeared at a very formative moment in my adolescence and impressed me forever with the persona of the prostitute, whom I continue to revere. The prostitute is not, as feminists claim, the victim of men, but rather their conqueror, an outlaw, who controls the sexual channels between nature and culture.” MenWayMomentsCultureGirlForeverClaimsVictimFeministImpressedAdolescenceProstitutionPersonaConquerorHeroinesAlphabetOutlawYale Author:Camille Paglia
“Now you ask a group of young women on the college campus, 'How many of you are feminists?' Very few will raise their hands because young women don't want to be associated with it anymore because they know it means male-bashing, it means being a victim, and it means being bitter and angry.” KnowsWantMeanHandsYoungAsksGroupsCollegeRaisesVictimAngryMalesFeministBitterYoung WomenCampusCollege Campus Author:Christina Hoff Sommers
“I was called a feminist, and what I heard was, 'You are an angry, sex-hating, man-hating victim lady person.' This caricature is how feminists have been warped by the people who fear feminism most, the same people who have the most to lose when feminism succeeds.” PeopleMenPersonsHas BeensHateSexLosesHeardFeminismSucceedVictimAngryFeministCaricaturesMan Hating Book:Bad Feminist: Essays Source: Bad Feminist: Essays
“The old lessons of submissiveness and fragility made us victims. Women are so much more than that. You can be a businesswoman, a mother, an artist, and a feminist - whatever you want to be - and still be a sexual being. It's not mutually exclusive.” WantMadeStillsMotherArtistLessonsVictimFeministExclusiveFragility Author:Beyonce Knowles
“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.” LifeWomenInspiringCourageFeminismPositive ThinkingInspirational LifeEmpowermentVictimFeministDivorceWomen EmpowermentSelf DeterminationWomens RightsStrong WomenEncouragingBadassBeing A WomanHave CourageHeroinesBeing StrongPowerful WomenFamous WomenEmpowered WomenWomen Empowering WomenInspirational WomenSuccessful WomenInspirational Strong WomenFear And CourageFear CourageCourage StrengthWomen PowerBeing A Strong WomanWomen EqualityWomen In HistoryStrong InspirationalBeing Independent WomanStrong Powerful WomenImages Of Strong WomenStrong GirlShort CourageFunny CourageStrength And LifeWomen's Education Author:Nora Ephron
“The prostitute is not, as feminists claim, the victim of men, but rather their conqueror, an outlaw, who controls the sexual channels between nature and culture” MenCultureNatureClaimsVictimFeministProstitutionCriminal MindConquerorOutlawCourtesans Book:Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays Source: Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays
“Women have always been the primary victims of war. Women lose their husbands, their fathers, their sons in combat.” WarFatherLosesSonHusbandVictimFeministPrimariesCombatVictims Of War Author:Hillary Clinton
“Ninety-five percent of women's experiences are about being a victim. Or about being an underdog, or having to survive... women didn't go to Vietnam and blow things up. They are not Rambo.” FivePercentVictimBlowFeministVietnamNinetyUnderdogMisandryRadical FeministRambo Author:Jodie Foster
“Under patriarchy, no woman is safe to live her life, or to love, or to mother children. Under patriarchy, every woman is a victim, past, present, and future. Under patriarchy, every woman's daughter is a victim, past, present, and future. Under patriarchy, every woman's son is her potential betrayer and also the inevitable rapist or exploiter of another woman.” ChildrenPastMotherSonSafeDaughterVictimFeministInevitablePatriarchyPast PresentPast Present And FutureAnother WomanMother Child Author:Andrea Dworkin
“The feminist movement taught women to see themselves as victims of an oppressive patriarchy. ... Self-imposed victimhood is not a recipe for happiness.” SelfMovementTaughtVictimFeministPatriarchyRecipesVictimhoodFeminist MovementAnti Feminist Author:Phyllis Schlafly
“Women, who are the prime victims of religion, and perhaps in some, stockholm syndrome effect, often form the most fervent advocates of the very thing that degrades them. I believe that in the end, it will be women who will turn this around. This should be the final stage of feminism. For a feminist to still believe in god is like a freed slave still living on the plantation.” ShouldBelieveStillsEndsFormTurnsI BelieveFeminismEffectsStageVictimSlaveFinalsFeministPrimeBelieve In GodLiving OnDegradeSyndromesFerventPlantationsStockholmStockholm Syndrome Author:Matthew Chapman