For a woman to be a lesbian in a male-supremacist, capitalist, misogynist, racist, homophobic, imperialist culture, such as that of North America, is an act of resistance. — Cheryl Clarke Copy Share Image
Heterosexuality is a die-hard custom through which male-supremacist institutions insure their own perpetuity and control over us. Women are kept, maintained and contained through… — Cheryl Clarke Copy Share Image
So, all of us would do well to stop fighting each other for our space at the bottom, because there ain't no more room. — Cheryl Clarke Copy Share Image
For a woman to be a lesbian in a male-supremacist, capitalist, misogynist, racist, homophobic, imperialist culture, such as that of North America, is an… — Cheryl Clarke Copy Share Image
![“Heterosexuality is a die-hard custom through which male-supremacist institutions insure their own perpetuity and control over us. Women are kept, maintained and contained through terror, violence, and the spray of semen...[Lesbianism is] an ideological, political and philosophical means of…” quote by Cheryl Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/71d/cheryl-clarke-66010_customs_heterosexuality-is-a-die-hard-custom-thr_1105346.jpg)
