Rape Quotes

137 quotes by 119 authors

... in practice the standard for what constitutes rape is set not at the level of women's experience of violation but just above the level… — Judith Lewis Herman
The vampire bible, bound in human skin, written in blood, and full of prophecies that were never wrong. Trouble was, if you read the thing… — MaryJanice Davidson
Oh, yes! Fill the churches with dirty thoughts! Introduce honesty to the White House! Write letters in dead languages to people you've never met! Paint… — Grant Morrison
Most men fear getting laughed at or humiliated by a romantic prospect while most women fear rape and death. — Gavin de Becker
When you rape, beat, maim, mutilate, burn, bury, and terrorize women, you destroy the essential life energy on the planet. — Eve Ensler
He strained to say something else. I leaned toward him. He focused on me. â€œRape,â€ he promised. â€œMany, many times. Until you bleed . .… — Ilona Andrews
No, no, no, no, no. Anything but murder. Or rape. Or kidnapping. Or armed robbery. Or indecent exposure, â€™cause thatâ€™s just creepy. — Darynda Jones
I donâ€™t believe rape is inevitable or natural. If I did, I would have no reason to be here. If I did, my political practice… — Andrea Dworkin
The world didnâ€™t like to look at the dark underside very often. But that didnâ€™t change the ugliness; it only ensured that those who perpetuated… — Ted Dekker
The body is not the only target of rape. Violence does not always take a visible form, and not all wounds gush blood. — Haruki Murakami
All women love semi-rape. They love to be taken.It was his sweet brutality against my bruised body that made his act of love so piercingly… — Ian Fleming
Men don't rape women because their women are ugly," cousin Jostien said, but there was a protest at his words. "That's what my fa said!… — Melina Marchetta
The best protection against rape, stalking, and domestic violence is to raise men who both understand that women are different, and would never dare take… — Wendy Shalit
Piracy is robbery with violence, often segueing into murder, rape and kidnapping. It is one of the most frightening crimes in the world. Using the… — Nick Harkaway
Maybe [Sodom and Gomorrah] isn't really about homosexuality, but about rape. If the angels had been female, and the men of Sodom said they wanted… — Alex Sanchez
Rape is one of the most terrible crimes on earth and it happens every few minutes. The problem with groups who deal with rape is… — Kurt Cobain
The thing that most people didn't understand, if they weren't in his line if work, was that a rape victim and a victim of a… — Jodi Picoult
In the system of chivalry, men protect women against men. This is not unlike the protection relationship which [organized crime] established with small businesses in… — Susan Griffin
Rape is the only crime in which the victim becomes the accused. — Freda Adler
It seems that whatever we do is somehow beyond reproach - murder, rape, drunk driving - as long as we go on a TV show… — Eric Stoltz

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