“You think I hate men. I guess I do, although some of my best friends...I don't like this position. I mistrust generalized hatred. I feel like one of those twelfth century monks raving on about how evil women are and… — 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 Image
Even disasters -- there are always disasters when you travel -- can be turned into adventures. — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Men seem unable to feel equal to women: they must be superior or they are inferior — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
