Checkpoints Quote by Mia Bloom

Why are women raped far away (say, Bosnia) called victims, while those raped nearby (say, a local campus) are playing victim politics?

— Gloria Steinem

Let's talk about the other story: the women raped and killed. I don't believe it. Certainly there was no lack of excesses, but General…

— Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

This pervasive idea that trans women deserve violence needs to be abolished. It’s a socially sanctioned practice of blaming the victim. We must begin…

— Janet Mock

“The thing to understand here is that gang rapes and gang or cult killings in times of peace and war are not “senseless violence.”…

— Lt. Col. Dave Grossman

“For women not to fear rape because we can successfully defend ourselves against it is not anachronistic but revolutionary. For women to be considered…

— Phyllis Chesler

“Rape Culture is a culture where we are inundated, in different ways, by the idea that male aggression and violence towards women is acceptable…

— Roxane Gay

“…in Bosnia, mass rape was a policy of the war, systematically carried out, implicating neighbors, paramilitaries, soldiers.”

— Ausma Zehanat Khan

“From New Delhi to New York, from Durban to Rio; women and girls are been hunted down by rapists, abused by pedophiles and emotionally…

— Oche Otorkpa

Ninety-five percent of women's experiences are about being a victim. Or about being an underdog, or having to survive... women didn't go to Vietnam…

— Jodie Foster

The Violence Against Women Act didn't have specific provisions for Indian country until 2013, which is really sad. It's Native women who are the…

— Deb Haaland

“There is a cultural disconnect here. Society struggles to see women as perpetrators of sexual violence. We’re taught to believe women can’t be that…

— Carlos Wallace

I don’t believe rape is inevitable or natural. If I did, I would have no reason to be here. If I did, my political…

— Andrea Dworkin