Now, should we treat women as independent agents, responsible for themselves? Of course. But being responsible has nothing to do with being raped. Women don’t get raped because they were drinking or took drugs. Women do not get raped because they weren’t careful enough. Women get raped because someone raped them.
Yes, the more successful you are—or the stronger, the more opinionated—the less you will be generally liked. All of a sudden people will think you’re… - Jessica Valenti
Yes, the more successful you are—or the stronger, the more opinionated—the less you will be generally liked. All of a sudden people will think you’re…
- Jessica Valenti
The Internet is the new public space. And because women are out in public, people don't like that in much the same way that if you're walking down th… - Jessica Valenti
The Internet is the new public space. And because women are out in public, people don't like that in much the same way that if you're walking down th…
The studies about differences between the sexes that you see kind of get propped up in the media are more often than not denigrating women in some wa… - Jessica Valenti
The studies about differences between the sexes that you see kind of get propped up in the media are more often than not denigrating women in some wa…
It seems odd that we continue to worry about the reputations of men who are accused of sexual wrong-doings. - Jessica Valenti
It seems odd that we continue to worry about the reputations of men who are accused of sexual wrong-doings.
Feminism isn't simply about being a woman in a position of power. It's battling systemic inequities; it's a social justice movement that believes sex… - Jessica Valenti
Feminism isn't simply about being a woman in a position of power. It's battling systemic inequities; it's a social justice movement that believes sex…
I think motherhood has made issues all feel much more urgent than they did before. So it didn't necessarily change how I feel about certain things - … - Jessica Valenti
I think motherhood has made issues all feel much more urgent than they did before. So it didn't necessarily change how I feel about certain things - …
[Virginity is] a cultural ideology that conflates passivity - the act of not having sex - with superior morality. - Jessica Valenti
[Virginity is] a cultural ideology that conflates passivity - the act of not having sex - with superior morality.
Men in their hearts hate women. It doesn’t matter how much we love them. They hate us” - Jessica Valenti
Men in their hearts hate women. It doesn’t matter how much we love them. They hate us”
Men take what women make and claim it as their own.Men don’t love childrenThey kill them in a heartbeat to hurt a woman - Jessica Valenti
Men take what women make and claim it as their own.Men don’t love childrenThey kill them in a heartbeat to hurt a woman
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