"... in practice the standard for what constitutes……" — Judith Lewis Herman
"... 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 of coercion acceptable to men."
More Acceptable Quotes
- Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable by portraying it in the… — Albert Bandura
- I love chicken. I would eat chicken fingers on Thanksgiving if it were socially acceptable. — Todd Barry
- Governing today means giving acceptable signs of credibility. It is like advertising and it is the same effect that is… — Jean Baudrillard
- Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, which… — Pope Benedict XVI
- Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy. — Ambrose Bierce
- The whole Valentine's thing is fine, but you don't back it up right next to the biggest gift-giving holiday of… — Lewis Black
- I'm well past the age where I'm acceptable. You get to a certain age and you are forbidden access. You're… — David Bowie
- I find it difficult to judge myself, but people say that I have become a bit more socially acceptable over… — Jo Brand
- I think my comedy, the put-downs I do to hecklers, are the accumulated bitterness of years of people feeling that… — Jo Brand
- Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth... suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing… — Julie Burchill
- I am an American. Black. Conservative. I don't use African-American, because I'm American, I'm black and I'm conservative. I don't… — Herman Cain
- Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable. — Marcus Tullius Cicero