Oppression is something that one group of people commits against another group specifically because of a threatening characteristic shared by the latter group.

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Friendship is mutual blackmail elevated to the level of love.

Friendship is mutual blackmail elevated to the level of love.

Sexism is not the fault of women - kill your fathers, not your mothers.

Sexism is not the fault of women - kill your fathers, not your mothers.

You think you're being brave, you think you're being sexy, you think you're transcending feminism....

You think you're being brave, you think you're being sexy, you think you're transcending feminism....

I claim that rape exists any time sexual intercourse occurs when it has not been...

I claim that rape exists any time sexual intercourse occurs when it has not been...

We are the women men warned us about.

We are the women men warned us about.

I am an artist and a political being as well.

I am an artist and a political being as well.

Women are not inherently passive or peaceful.

Women are not inherently passive or peaceful.

White males are the most responsible for the destruction of human life and environment on...

White males are the most responsible for the destruction of human life and environment on...

Legitimate revolution must be led by, made by those who have been most oppressed: black,...

Legitimate revolution must be led by, made by those who have been most oppressed: black,...

The Roman Catholic church... carries the immense power of very directly affecting women's lives everywhere...

The Roman Catholic church... carries the immense power of very directly affecting women's lives everywhere...

There's something contagious about demanding freedom.

There's something contagious about demanding freedom.

We're not inherently anything but human.

We're not inherently anything but human.

Friendship is mutual blackmail elevated to the level of love.

Friendship is mutual blackmail elevated to the level of love.

It isn't until you begin to fight in your own cause that you become really...

It isn't until you begin to fight in your own cause that you become really...

Only she who attempts the absurd can achieve the impossible.

Only she who attempts the absurd can achieve the impossible.

I feel that 'man-hating' is an honorable and viable political act, that the oppressed have...

I feel that 'man-hating' is an honorable and viable political act, that the oppressed have...

Let's put one lie to rest for all time: the lie that men are oppressed,...

Let's put one lie to rest for all time: the lie that men are oppressed,...

We can't destroy the inequities between men and women until we destroy marriage.

We can't destroy the inequities between men and women until we destroy marriage.

Don't accept rides from strange men - and remember that all men are strange as...

Don't accept rides from strange men - and remember that all men are strange as...

I feel that man-hating is an honorable and viable political act, that the oppressed have...

I feel that man-hating is an honorable and viable political act, that the oppressed have...