“I think it is important to recognize one’s power, one’s capacities, and one’s dreams. We were actually talking about this in the… — Robert Uttaro Copy Share Image
“This doll-guy situation is an extreme of what I deal with in everyday life, where men believe that what they want I… — Taylor Stevens Copy Share Image
“Despite its popularity amongst critical criminologists, the empirical basis of the moral panic account of sexual abuse has been shown to be… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
“Rape culture is 1 in 6 women being sexually assaulted in their lifetimes. Rape culture is not even talking about the reality… — Melissa McEwan Copy Share Image
“The majority of marriages are still forced, honor killings are not unusual, and any involvement of the justice system in a rape… — Jenny Nordberg Copy Share Image
“Let me tell you girls a story, short and sweet. In high school, I was a junior varsity cheerleader dating a senior… — Tammara Webber Copy Share Image
“...a husband cannot be guilty of the rape of his wife because the wife hath given up herself in this kind to… — S. A. David Copy Share Image
“Matthews asked: “How intimate was your relationship with Dr. Miller?” “Intimate?” Phil still couldn’t grasp what they were asking. “My colleague is… — Olga Núñez Miret Copy Share Image
“The mistake we make is in thinking rape isn’t premeditated, that it happens by accident somehow, that you’re drunk and you run… — Scaachi Koul Copy Share Image
“I think I just said it, but I think it’s worth repeating. They gave me hope that there is good in the… — Robert Uttaro Copy Share Image
“ALL RAPE IS AN exercise in power, but some rapists have an edge that is more than physical. They operate within an… — Susan Brownmiller Copy Share Image
“Emily supposed the modern world was fortunate in the progress of science. But she could not help but feel at this moment… — E.L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
I don’t believe rape is inevitable or natural. If I did, I would have no reason to be here. If I did,… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
“What's the point of obsessing over cholesterol or bike helmets or even cigarettes when the biggest threats to our children are being… — Laura Wiess Copy Share Image
Now, should we treat women as independent agents, responsible for themselves? Of course. But being responsible has nothing to do with being… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
“(Talking about the movement to deny the prevalence and effects of adult sexual exploitation of children) So what does this movement consist… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share Image
“I can explain myself: If you want to be safe, walk in the middle of the street. I’m not joking. You’ve been… — Emilie Autumn Copy Share Image
“She is told all the things she shouldn’t have done: She shouldn’t have waited so long before going to the police. She… — Fredrik Backman Copy Share Image
“Why did I allow the abuse to continue? Even as a teenager? I didn’t. Something that had been plaguing me for years… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“I believe that the rape-is-not-about-sex doctrine will go down in history as an example of extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“In their book Warrior Lovers , an analysis of erotic fiction by women, the psychologist Catherine Salmon and the anthropologist Donald Symons… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“Men who are in prison for rape think it's the dumbest thing that ever happened... it's isn't just a miscarriage of justice;… — Catharine A. MacKinnon Copy Share Image
“How often do we hear from the local diocesan people—the bishop, the communications director, the victim assistance coordinator, and others—that this abuse… — Charles L. Bailey Jr Copy Share Image
A rapist doesn't have to be a stranger to be legitimate. Someone you never saw. A man with obvious problems. But if… — Yasmine Copy Share Image
“There’s a general sense now that children’s rights, children’s needs, children’s wants and desires have taken on too prominent a place in… — Judith Warner Copy Share Image
“The fact is, rape is utterly commonplace in all our cultures. It is part of the fabric of everyday life, yet we… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“In the specific case of the use of the term “false memory” to describe errors in details in laboratory tasks (e.g., in… — Jennifer J. Freyd Copy Share Image
“Rape victims were the people who evoked the most sadness in Bosch. He knew he wouldn’t be able to last a month… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I was amazed, shocked, and sickened by what I heard throughout the day, over and over, by many victims' stories. I can… — Charles L. Bailey Jr Copy Share Image
“But then, not long after, in another article, Loftus writes, "We live in a strange and precarious time that resembles at its… — Lauren Slater Copy Share Image
“And there’s one other matter I must raise. The epidemic of domestic sexual violence that lacerates the soul of South Africa is… — Stephen Lewis Copy Share Image
“Each night I am nailed into place and forget who I am. Daddy? That's another kind of prison. It's not the prince… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
“Mamá had always made it clear she believed girls who got raped deserved it. I hadn't done any of the things she… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“As the incidence and fear of rape on college campuses have increased, the term rape has been generalized to mean 'misuse; diminish… — Connie C. Eble Copy Share Image
“Well, as Hannah Arendt famously said, there can be a banal aspect to evil. In other words, it doesn't present always. I… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“It is a myth that rape is an inevitable part of conflict . . . There is nothing inevitable about it. It… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
“I think that a kind of guilt works at a subconscious level in the minds of the Bengalis regarding the women tortured… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“MALE I AM ASHAMED "Male, I am ashamed today to be or not to be. Seeing your pleasures gained with bleeding stains.… — Amit Abraham Copy Share Image
You can be a victim of a crime and not exercise great judgment. And when women have been sexually assaulted, they feel… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
“Combat and rape, the public and private forms of organized social violence, are primarily experiences of adolescent and early adult life. The… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image