Anyone determined to find another person or group inferior can always find whole lists of grounds that demonstrate inferiority because we are all inferior to the ideals of humanness we have erected. — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
“Fear and desire for pleasure. Aggressiveness comes out of fear, predominantly, and sexuality predominantly out of the other. But they mix in the middle.… — Marilyn French Copy Share
Even disasters -- there are always disasters when you travel -- can be turned into adventures. — Marilyn French Copy Share
“The breakdown of the neighborhoods also meant the end of what was essentially an extended family…With the breakdown of the extended family, too much… — Marilyn French Copy Share
All men are rapists and that's all they are. They rape us with their eyes, their laws, and their codes. — Marilyn French Copy Share
I can only tell you one thing I've learned. Enjoy the walk along the path you've chosen. Don't count down the days. Make the… — Marilyn French Copy Share
Control over a woman is the only form of dominance most men possess, for most men are merely subjects of more powerful men. — Marilyn French Copy Share
Men seem unable to feel equal to women: they must be superior or they are inferior — Marilyn French Copy Share
Women are afraid in a world in which almost half the population bears the guise of the predator, in which no factor - age,… — Marilyn French Copy Share
“She could envision Shakespeare's sister. But she imagined a violent, an apocalyptic end for Shakespeare's sister, whereas I know that isn't what happened. You… — Marilyn French Copy Share
My goal in life is to change the entire social and economic structure of western civilization, to make it a feminist world. — Marilyn French Copy Share
“All my life I've read that the life of the mind is preeminent, and that it can transcend all bodily degradation. But that's just… — Marilyn French Copy Share
Whatever they may be in public life, whatever their relations with men, in their relations with women, all men are rapists and that's all… — Marilyn French Copy Share
