Rape

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Seduction is often difficult to distinguish from rape. In seduction, the rapist bothers to buy a bottle of wine.

Andrea Dworkin

Sexual Economics

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Topic

Rape Gender relations

Author

Andrea Dworkin

Source

Sexual Economics

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1979 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Dworkin, Andrea. Letters from a War Zone. Dutton, 1989, pt. 3.

If it's legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.

Todd Akin

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Topic

Rape

Speaker

Todd Akin

Medium

Interview

Statement Type

Political gaffe

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Akin, Todd. Interviewed by Charles Jaco. KTVI-TV, 19 Aug. 2012.

Pornography is the theory, and rape the practice.

Robin Morgan

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Topic

Pornography Rape Oppression of women Feminist theory

Author

Robin Morgan

Source

Going Too Far

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Morgan, Robin. Going Too Far: The Personal Chronicle of a Feminist. Random House, 1977, ch. 4, sec. 2.

Whatever they may be in public life, whatever their relationships with men, in their relationships with women, all men are rapists, and that's all they are. They rape us with their eyes, their laws, and their codes.

Marilyn French

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Topic

Rape Oppression of women Men and women Women

Speaker

Mira

Author

Marilyn French

Source

The Women's Room

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

French, Marilyn. The Women's Room. Simon & Schuster, 1977, ch. 19.