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> [“They leave the genitals off Barbie and Ken, but they manufacture every kind of war toy. Because sex is more threatening to us than aggression. There have been strict rules about sex since the beginning of written rules, and even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-french/they-leave-the-genitals-off-barbie-and-ken-but-they-manufacture-every/)

[Marilyn French](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-french/)

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## More by Marilyn French

> [“Fear and desire for pleasure. Aggressiveness comes out of fear, predominantly, and sexuality predominantly out of the other. But they mix in the middle.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-french/fear-and-desire-for-pleasure-aggressiveness-comes-out-of-fear/)

[Marilyn French](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-french/)

> [Even disasters -- there are always disasters when you travel -- can be turned into adventures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-french/even-disasters-there-are-always-disasters-when-you-travel-can-be/)

[Marilyn French](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-french/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-french/the-breakdown-of-the-neighborhoods-also-meant-the-end-of-what-was/)

[Marilyn French](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-french/)

> [All men are rapists and that's all they are. They rape us with their eyes, their laws, and their codes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-french/all-men-are-rapists-and-that-s-all-they-are-they-rape-us-with-their/)

[Marilyn French](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-french/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-french/i-can-only-tell-you-one-thing-i-ve-learned-enjoy-the-walk-along-the/)

[Marilyn French](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-french/)

> [Control over a woman is the only form of dominance most men possess, for most men are merely subjects of more powerful men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-french/control-over-a-woman-is-the-only-form-of-dominance-most-men-possess/)

[Marilyn French](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-french/)

> [Men seem unable to feel equal to women: they must be superior or they are inferior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-french/men-seem-unable-to-feel-equal-to-women-they-must-be-superior-or-they/)

[Marilyn French](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-french/)

> [All the women I know feel a little like outlaws.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-french/all-the-women-i-know-feel-a-little-like-outlaws/)

[Marilyn French](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-french/)

> [Women are afraid in a world in which almost half the population bears the guise of the predator, in which no factor - age,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-french/women-are-afraid-in-a-world-in-which-almost-half-the-population-bears/)

[Marilyn French](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-french/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-french/she-could-envision-shakespeare-s-sister-but-she-imagined-a-violent-an/)

[Marilyn French](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-french/)

> [My goal in life is to change the entire social and economic structure of western civilization, to make it a feminist world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-french/my-goal-in-life-is-to-change-the-entire-social-and-economic-structure/)

[Marilyn French](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-french/)

> [There was no justice, there was only life. And life she had.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-french/there-was-no-justice-there-was-only-life-and-life-she-had/)

[Marilyn French](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-french/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-french/all-my-life-i-ve-read-that-the-life-of-the-mind-is-preeminent-and/)

[Marilyn French](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-french/)

> [“and I'd die of his emptiness even more than I'm dying of my own.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-french/and-i-d-die-of-his-emptiness-even-more-than-i-m-dying-of-my-own/)

[Marilyn French](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-french/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-french/whatever-they-may-be-in-public-life-whatever-their-relations-with-men/)

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