Quote by Jon Krakauer

“This is confusing. Why would anyone resort to rape with all the casual sex that seems to be available now?” “Ah,” Mrs. Randell said,…

— Brenda Hill

A typical rapist is a recidivist.

— Kirsten Gillibrand

“When rape is inevitable, lie back and enjoy it.”

— Lawrence Block

“When I tell someone that the most important thing a young woman can do to avoid being raped is to avoid places with lots…

— Rory Miller

“they share this common idea that a rapist is a guy in a ski mask, wielding a knife, who drags women into the bushes.…

— Jon Krakauer

“No sane woman would injure her breasts and still want the stigma attached to rape.”

— S. A. David

“ALL RAPE IS AN exercise in power, but some rapists have an edge that is more than physical. They operate within an institutionalized setting…

— Susan Brownmiller

“But rape was not what one did to women. Rape was what one felt when one's back was against the wall and one had…

— Richard Wright

Every man is a potential rapist.

— Nandita Das

“Rape is about power, not sex. It's about using force or the threat of it to take control over another person.”

— Michelle Hodkin

“a raped girl is bad for the family: it shows that they can’t protect their women; that they have little social standing; and that…

— Louise Brown

“Rape is so particularly traumatic and so meaningful in so many ways, that there’s something about using the word in other contexts that diminishes…

— Sandra Brindley