530 Quotes About Rape

  • Author Carol Lynch Williams
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    You have to tell. You said no. That's rape.""I can't. I said yes later.""I'm ashamed. Like it was something I did. Like I took advantage of how I looked. Like I made it too easy. I let him care for me and I let me care for him.

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  • Author Lunga Noélia Izata
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    They say rape is the practice of sexual intercourse without consent but in my case, I did consent. I knew it wasn’t him. I could tell it was another person that was in that room with me. Have you ever watched the movie “Face off”? They had this ‘hand-down-the-face’ touch that distinguished the bad guy from the good guy. I remember touching his face, I knew it wasn’t him.

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  • Author Carol Lynch Williams
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    No means so.Even if, at first, you thought you meant yes.Even if, at first, it was your fault.Even if, at first, you made yourself available.

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  • Author Rebecca Solnit
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    Of course false-rape allegations have happened. My friend Astra Taylor points out that the most dramatic examples in this country were when white men falsely accused Black men of assaulting white women. Which means that if you want to be indignant on the subject, you’ll need to summon up a more complicated picture of how power, blame, and mendacity actually work.(“Feminism: The Men Arrive”)

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