Marriage as an institution developed from rape as a practice. Rape, originally defined as abduction, became marriage by capture. Marriage meant the taking was to extend in time, to be not only use of but possession of, or ownership.

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Men have defined the parameters of every subject. All feminist arguments, however radical in intent...

Men have defined the parameters of every subject. All feminist arguments, however radical in intent...

Being a Jew, one learns to believe in the reality of cruelty and one learns...

Being a Jew, one learns to believe in the reality of cruelty and one learns...

Seduction is often difficult to distinguish from rape. In seduction, the rapist often bothers to...

Seduction is often difficult to distinguish from rape. In seduction, the rapist often bothers to...

Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms...

Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms...

Poetry, the genre of purest beauty, was born of a truncated woman: her head severed...

Poetry, the genre of purest beauty, was born of a truncated woman: her head severed...

Men who want to support women in our struggle for freedom and justice should understand...

Men who want to support women in our struggle for freedom and justice should understand...

Women's fashion is a euphemism for fashion created by men for women.

Women's fashion is a euphemism for fashion created by men for women.

All personal, psychological, social, and institutionalized domination on this earth can be traced back to...

All personal, psychological, social, and institutionalized domination on this earth can be traced back to...

Men are rewarded for learning the practice of violence in virtually any sphere of activity...

Men are rewarded for learning the practice of violence in virtually any sphere of activity...

No woman needs intercourse; few women escape it.

No woman needs intercourse; few women escape it.

Woman is not born: she is made. In the making, her humanity is destroyed. She...

Woman is not born: she is made. In the making, her humanity is destroyed. She...

Romantic love, in pornography as in life, is the mythic celebration of female negation. For...

Romantic love, in pornography as in life, is the mythic celebration of female negation. For...

Men are distinguished from women by their commitment to do violence rather than to be...

Men are distinguished from women by their commitment to do violence rather than to be...

Men know everything - all of them- all the time - no matter how stupid...

Men know everything - all of them- all the time - no matter how stupid...

No phallic hero, no matter what he does to himself or to another to prove...

No phallic hero, no matter what he does to himself or to another to prove...

As long as there is rape... there is not going to be any peace or...

As long as there is rape... there is not going to be any peace or...

A commitment to sexual equality with males is a commitment to becoming the rich instead...

A commitment to sexual equality with males is a commitment to becoming the rich instead...

The genius of any slave system is found in the dynamics which isolate slaves from...

The genius of any slave system is found in the dynamics which isolate slaves from...

Childbearing is glorified in part because women die from it.

Childbearing is glorified in part because women die from it.

Money speaks, but it speaks with a male voice.

Money speaks, but it speaks with a male voice.