157 Quotes About Rape-culture

Originally and naturally, sexual pleasure was the good, the beautiful, the happy, that which united man with nature in general. When sexual feelings and religious feelings became separated from one another, that which is sexual was forced to become the bad, the internal, the diabolical.

Being a girl in this world means being afraid. That fear'll keep you safe. It'll keep you alive.

I am a real survivor because I survived, even if some days it feels like I didn't survive at all.

If you're worried about pervs breaking into the house, it's not going to make a difference whether I'm in this outfit or in baggy jeans and a sweatshirt. Either they're decent human beings or they're not. Their actions are on them.

The shame should have been all his but I chose to carry it around this whole time.

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 practice would be different than it is. Have you ever wondered why we [women] are not just in armed combat against you? It’s not because there’s a shortage of kitchen knives in this country. It is because we believe in your humanity, against all the evidence.

A LITTLE SONG AND A RECEIPT.Doe: a deer, a female deer—Often chased by sonneteers of old.Caught, and killed, and bathed in fear,turned to human blazons to be sold—Eyes—$twin models of the stars.Skin—$fine tissue wrought from gold.Lips—$your favorite kind of flower.Sex—$a secret still untold/ a Silk Road to unfold/ a thing for you to mold/ a source by you controlled.Total: $—————.—

Bullshit," Salander said again. "Gottfried isn't the only kid who was ever mistreated. That doesn't give him the right to murder women. He made that choice himself. And the same is true of Martin.

Every man erupting against the willing of a woman is a rapist