Democratic freedoms and the need to keep the state's nose out of our personal affairs are rendered meaningless. The real reason our society cherishes privacy is because men have invented it as an excuse to conceal their criminality. The family isn't a place where battery and marital rape sometimes happen but where little else apparently does. Robin Morgan, Ms. Magazine Editor. I claim that rape exists any time sexual intercourse occurs when it has not been initiated by the woman, out of her own genuine affection and desire.
Heterosexual intercourse is the pure, formalized expression of contempt for women's bodies.
The All-American Crime. Susan Brownmiller, Against Our Will p.6. They have had over 2000 years to dominate and made a complete hash of it. Now it is our turn. 9 Feb., 1996.