Minimization Quote by Sandra Brindley

“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

“It’s the process of being minimized, invalidated, silenced. It’s the process of being subjected to whatever someone else thinks I owe them. It’s the…

— Agnostic Zetetic

“It is a myth that rape is an inevitable part of conflict . . . There is nothing inevitable about it. It is a…

— Angelina Jolie

“Actually, nothing hurts like hearing the word slut, unless it is hearing the word rape dropped about carelessly. Again, a word I wouldn't have…

— Christine Stockton

“I am not sure if we are numbed to the reality of rape, but here's the sad irony. While the word rape can add…

— Christine Stockton

“Rape is rape. Whether marital, non-penetrative and the rest.”

— S. A. David

“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

“I believe that the rape-is-not-about-sex doctrine will go down in history as an example of extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds. It…

— Steven Pinker

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

— Michelle Hodkin

“Sex taken violently under threat is an emotional train wreck that derails not only the law but, more importantly, the sanctity of the soul.…

— Howard Swindle

“greater sexual freedom expands the grey area between consensual sex and rape”

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